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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French savoir-vivre. First attested in 1821.[1]
Noun
savoir vivre n (uncountable)
- savoir-vivre
- Synonyms: belevenhet, levnadssätt, levnadsvett, världsvana
2021 January 30, Lotta Jansson, “Till minne – Per Rymark [In memory - Per Rymark]”, in Vestmanlands Läns Tidning:Hans savoir vivre tog sig utryck i jakt, segling, fantastisk mat och vin samt en inbjudande och välkomnande aura.- His savoir-vivre found expression in hunting, sailing, fantastic food and wine and an inviting and welcoming aura.
1897, Axel Kerfve, Carl XV. Kvinnornas kung I, page 96:Siri Silfvercreutz presenterades för åtskilliga såväl herrar som damer, bland hvilka hon särskildt fäste sig vid en ung flicka, som hon en tid varit pensionskamrat med i Christianstad, men som sedan af sina rika föräldrar skickats till hufvudstaden för att lära sig mer savoir-vivre i den högre stilen, än hvad en landsortsstad, äfven af Christianstads betydenhet, kunde bjuda det uppväxande slägtet.- Siri Silfvercreutz was introduced to several gentlemen as well as ladies, among whom she particularly attached herself to a young girl, with whom she had been a dormitory friend for some time in Christianstad, but who had since been sent by her wealthy parents to the capital to learn more savoir-vivre in the higher style than what a country town, even of Christianstad's importance, could offer the growing family.
1889, August Strindberg, edited by Per Erik Ekholm, Bland franska bönder, volume Samlade Verk 23, published 1982, page 61:Som grevens betjänt varit i Paris har han savoir vivre och vet att välja en för tillfället lämplig festsång, som skall glädja brudgummen.- As the count's valet has been in Paris, he has savoir-vivre and knows how to choose a party song suitable for the occasion, which will please the groom.
1887, Wilma Lindhé, Mödrar:Ledsamt nog är du alldeles okunnig i savoir vivre, och det är det jag alltid sagt, att lefnadsvett och fina seder, sätter jag framför allt annat hos en man.- Sadly, you are completely ignorant of savoir-vivre, and that is what I have always said, that life skills and good manners, I put above all else in a man.
1884 January 5, Victoria Benedictsson, edited by Christina Sjöblad, Stora Boken II. Dagbok 1884–1886, published 1982, page 73:Han saknar det enklaste savoir vivre. Och det smittar, det är det värsta.- He lacks the simplest savoir-vivre. And it's contagious, that's the worst.
1834, Wilhelmina Stålberg, En vinter i Hernösand, page 59:Hon har ännu hvarken ton, takt, tour nure eller savoir vivre, dock kan hon erhålla allt detta genom ett längre umgänge i de större sällskapskretsarna.- She still has no tone, tact, tournure or savoir-vivre, however, she can acquire all this through prolonged association in the larger social circles.
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