tvär

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þvar, þvær, from Old Norse þverr, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tvär

  1. across, perpendicular to the main direction
  2. (figuratively) opposite
    Säger man till honom att göra något så gör han tvärt emot
    If you tell him to do something, he'll do the complete opposite
  3. sharp, abrupt (of a change of direction)
    tvära kurvor
    sharp curves
    tvärvända
    turn around abruptly
  4. sudden, abrupt
    Historien fick ett tvärt slut
    The story came to an abrupt end
  5. (figuratively) grumpy, stubborn (of a person who gives short, sharp answers, having "lodged themselves sideways")
    Var inte så tvär
    Don't be so grumpy
  6. (slang, as an ad-hoc prefix) An intensifier.
    Hon är tvärsnygg
    She is super hot

Declension

Inflection of tvär
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tvär
Neuter singular tvärt
Plural tvära
Masculine plural3 tväre
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tväre
All tvära
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

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