svær

See also: svär and svär-

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svɛːr/, [svæɐ̯ˀ]
  • Homophone: sværd

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svǫrðr.

Noun

svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær)

  1. rind
  2. crackling
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse svárr.

Adjective

svær

  1. difficult, hard, stiff, tough
  2. (now rare) heavy, massive, solid
  3. severe
  4. portly, stout

Inflection

Inflection of svær
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular svær sværere sværest2
Neuter singular svært sværere sværest2
Plural svære sværere sværest2
Definite attributive1 svære sværere sværeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”), or from Middle Low German schwer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋæːr/

Adjective

svær (masculine and feminine svær, neuter svært, definite singular and plural svære, comparative sværare, indefinite superlative sværast, definite superlative sværaste)

  1. big, massive; huge
    Dyret var svært.
    The animal was massive.
  2. unusual
    Det var då svært so lang tid dette skulle ta.
    This took unusually long.

References

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