värd

See also: vård, værd, vard., and værð

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛːrd/
  • (Central Sweden) IPA^(key): [væːɖ]

    • Audio; “en värd”:

      (file)

  • (Finland) IPA^(key): [væːrd]
• Homophone: värld

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish værþer from Old Norse verðr (adjective), verð (noun), from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“towards, opposite”), used substantively as a noun. Cognate with Dutch waard (adjective), German wert (adjective), Wert (noun), English worth.

Adjective

värd (not comparable)

1. worth; worthy; having a value

   vara värd sin lön

   be worthy of one's wage

Declension

Inflection of värd
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	värd	—	—
Neuter singular	värt	—	—
Plural	värda	—	—
Masculine plural3	värde	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	värde	—	—
All	värda	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• -värd

Related terms

• värde

Descendants

• → Finnish: väärti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German wert (genitive: werdes), from Old Saxon werd or wird. Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wairdus), German Wirt, Dutch waard.

Noun

värd c (feminine värdinna)

1. a host
2. a landlord/landlady

   Synonym: hyresvärd

Declension

Declension of värd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	värd	värds
	definite	värden	värdens
plural	indefinite	värdar	värdars
	definite	värdarna	värdarnas

Derived terms

• flygvärd
• hyresvärd
• tågvärd
• värdland
• värdnation
• värdshus

 

Further reading

• värd in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• ärvd