tvär
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
- across, perpendicular to the main direction
- (figuratively) opposite
- 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
- sharp (of a curve)
- sudden, abrupt
- (figuratively) grumpy, stubborn (of a person who gives short, sharp answers, having "lodged themselves sideways")
- (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 | |||
Further reading
- tvär in Svensk ordbok.
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