tvär

See also: tvar, tvár, tvår, tvář, tvær, and TV-ar

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æːr

Adjective

tvär

  1. across, perpendicular to the main direction
  2. sharp (of a curve)
  3. sudden, abrupt
  4. stubborn, grumpy (of a person who gives short, sharp answers that oppose what most would think)
  5. (slang, as an ad-hoc prefix) An intensifier.

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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