tvist

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German twist.

Noun

tvist c (singular definite tvisten, plural indefinite tvister)

1. legal dispute

   Synonyms: tvistighed, kontrovers

Declension

Declension of tvist

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tvist	tvisten	tvister	tvisterne
genitive	tvists	tvistens	tvisters	tvisternes

Derived terms

• retstvist

Etymology 2

From English twist.

Noun

tvist c or n (singular definite tvisten or tvistet, not used in plural form)

1. tangled, scratched waste yarn (is used, for example, for polishing and wiping oiled machine parts in a workshop)
2. a change; a twist

Declension

Declension of tvist

either gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tvist	tvisten tvistet
genitive	tvists	tvistens tvistets

References

• “tvist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from English twist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tvɪst/

Noun

tvist n (genitive singular tvists, uncountable)

1. twist (type of dance)

Declension

n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tvist	tvistið
accusative	tvist	tvistið
dative	tvisti	tvistinum
genitive	tvists	tvistsins

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German twist.

Noun

tvist m (definite singular tvisten, indefinite plural tvister, definite plural tvistene)

1. a dispute

Derived terms

• grensetvist

References

• “tvist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German twist.

Noun

tvist m (definite singular tvisten, indefinite plural tvistar, definite plural tvistane)

1. a dispute

Derived terms

• grensetvist

References

• “tvist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English twist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʋîst/

Noun

tvȉst m inan (Cyrillic spelling тви̏ст)

1. twist (type of dance)

Declension

Declension of tvist

	singular
nominative	tvist
genitive	tvista
dative	tvistu
accusative	tvist
vocative	tviste
locative	tvistu
instrumental	tvistom

References

• “tvist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German twist, from Proto-Germanic *twi-. Compare German Zwist. See also tvedräkt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tvist c

1. a dispute

Declension

Declension of tvist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tvist	tvists
	definite	tvisten	tvistens
plural	indefinite	tvister	tvisters
	definite	tvisterna	tvisternas

Derived terms

• omtvistad
• tvista
• tvistefråga
• tvistefrö
• tvistemål
• tvistig
• tvistighet
• vårdnadstvist

References

• “tvist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tvist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tvist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• tvist in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)