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svær
svær
Danish
Noun
svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær)
Inflection
Inflection of svær
Etymology 2
From Old Norse svárr.
Adjective
svær
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.
Adjective
svær (masculine and feminine svær, neuter svært, definite singular and plural svære, comparative sværare, indefinite superlative sværast, definite superlative sværaste)
- big, massive; huge
- Dyret vart svært.
- The animal was massive.
- Dyret vart svært.
- unusual
- Det var då svært so lang tid dette skulle ta.
- This took unusually long.
- Det var då svært so lang tid dette skulle ta.
Related terms
References
- “svær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.