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Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish værþer from Old Norse verðr (adjective), verð (noun), from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“towards, opposite”), used substantively as a noun. Cognate with Dutch waard (adjective), German wert (adjective), Wert (noun), English worth.
Adjective
värd (not comparable)
- worth; worthy; having a value
vara värd sin lön- be worthy of one's wage
Declension
| Inflection of värd
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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värd
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| Neuter singular
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värt
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| Plural
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värda
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| Masculine plural3
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värde
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| Definite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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värde
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| All
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värda
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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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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Low German wert (genitive: werdes), from Old Saxon werd or wird. Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wairdus), German Wirt, Dutch waard.[1]
Noun
värd c (feminine värdinna)
- a host
- a landlord/landlady
- Synonym: hyresvärd
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Derived terms
References
- ^ värd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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