"förvärra" meaning in All languages combined

See förvärra on Wiktionary

Verb [Swedish]

Etymology: From Old Swedish forværra. Cognate with Danish forværre, Norwegian Bokmål forverre and Norwegian Nynorsk forverre, forverra. Equivalent to för- + värre (“worse”) + -a. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gmq-osw|forværra}} Old Swedish forværra, {{cog|da|forværre}} Danish forværre, {{cog|nb|forverre}} Norwegian Bokmål forverre, {{cog|nn|forverre, forverra}} Norwegian Nynorsk forverre, forverra, {{affix|sv|för-|värre|-a|t2=worse}} för- + värre (“worse”) + -a Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|förvärrar|preterite|förvärrade|supine|förvärrat|imperative|förvärra|head=}} förvärra (present förvärrar, preterite förvärrade, supine förvärrat, imperative förvärra), {{sv-verb-reg}} förvärra (present förvärrar, preterite förvärrade, supine förvärrat, imperative förvärra) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: förvärrar [present], förvärrade [preterite], förvärrat [supine], förvärra [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], förvärra [active, infinitive], förvärras [infinitive, passive], förvärrat [active, supine], förvärrats [passive, supine], förvärra [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], förvärren [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], förvärrar [active, indicative, present], förvärrade [active, indicative, past], förvärras [indicative, passive, present], förvärrades [indicative, passive, past], förvärra [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], förvärrade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], förvärras [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], förvärrades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], förvärre [active, dated, present, subjunctive], förvärrade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], förvärres [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], förvärrades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], förvärrande [active, participle, past, present], förvärrad [active, participle, past]
  1. to worsen; to make an already bad situation even worse

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    {
      "form": "förvärrar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärrade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärrat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärra",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
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      "form": "förvärras",
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        "passive"
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    {
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    },
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        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärra",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "förvärrade",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "förvärras",
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        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      "form": "förvärras",
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      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
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      "form": "förvärrades",
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    },
    {
      "form": "förvärre",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärres",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "förvärrande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärrad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "förvärrade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "förvärrat",
        "9": "imperative",
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      "expansion": "förvärra (present förvärrar, preterite förvärrade, supine förvärrat, imperative förvärra)",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "förvärra (present förvärrar, preterite förvärrade, supine förvärrat, imperative förvärra)",
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    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish terms suffixed with -a",
          "parents": [],
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      "glosses": [
        "to worsen; to make an already bad situation even worse"
      ],
      "id": "en-förvärra-sv-verb-8KAml8CV",
      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/fœ̞rˈværˌa/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      "form": "förvärrat",
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      "form": "förvärra",
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      "form": "förvärrat",
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      "form": "förvärrats",
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    },
    {
      "form": "förvärra",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "passive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "förvärren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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    },
    {
      "form": "förvärrar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärrade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "förvärras",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "förvärra",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "förvärrade",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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    },
    {
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "förvärres",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "förvärrad",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "Swedish weak verbs"
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    }
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}

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