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.
värd (not comparable)
| Inflection of värd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | värd | — | — |
| Neuter singular | värt | — | — |
| Plural | värda | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | värde | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | värde | — | — |
| All | värda | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Borrowed from Middle Low German wert (genitive: werdes), from Old Saxon werd or wird. Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wairdus), German Wirt, Dutch waard.[1]
värd c (feminine värdinna)
| Declension of värd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | värd | värden | värdar | värdarna |
| Genitive | värds | värdens | värdars | värdarnas |