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Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Participle
tyngd
- past participle of tynga
Adjective
tyngd
- under mental strain; being seriously bothered by something
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish thyngd, from Old Norse þyngd, from Proto-Germanic *þungiþō, which is derived from Proto-Germanic *þunguz “heavy” (Old Norse þungr). Cognate with Danish tyngde and Norwegian tyngde. See also tung.
Noun
tyngd c
- (uncountable) weight; a force on an object due to the gravitational attraction
- weight; a disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.
- weight; importance
Eftersom han är en stor auktoritet på området så har hans argument stor tyngd i frågan.- As he is a great authority in the area his arguments does have great weight in the question at hand.
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