tvär – Swedish adjective declension

Swedish adjective forms of tvär

Adjective: tvär

Hyphenation:

Indefinite Forms

Singular

Neutertvärt

Plural

tvära

Definite Forms

Singular Masculine

tväre

All Other Forms

tvära

Comparison Forms

Comparative

Superlative

Perifrastic Comparison Forms

Sample Sentences

  • 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)
  • tvära kurvor (sharp curves)
  • tvärvända (turn around abruptly)
  • Historien fick ett tvärt slut (The story came to an abrupt end)
  • Var inte så tvär (Don't be so grumpy)
  • Hon är tvärsnygg (She is super hot)

Etymology

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

Verbs referencing "tvär"

English Adjectives thwart, Dutch Adjectives dwars, Gothic Adjectives 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍃.

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