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Adjective [Danish]

IPA: /svɛːˀr/, [ˈsʋ̥ɛˀɐ̯], [ˈsʋ̥ɛɐ̯ˀ], [ˈsʋ̥æɐ̯ˀ]
Etymology: From Old Danish swar, from Old Norse svárr, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, cognate with Swedish svår, German schwer, Dutch zwaar, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (swērs). The vowel of the modern Danish form is probably due to German influence. Doublet of svar. Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|swar}} Old Danish swar, {{inh|da|non|svárr}} Old Norse svárr, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*swēraz}} Proto-Germanic *swēraz, {{cog|sv|svår}} Swedish svår, {{cog|de|schwer}} German schwer, {{cog|nl|zwaar}} Dutch zwaar, {{cog|got|𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃}} Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (swērs), {{doublet|da|svar}} Doublet of svar Head templates: {{head|da|adjective|neuter|svært|||plural and definite singular attributive|svære||||{{{3}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{4}}}||{{{sup2}}}||{{{5}}}|||f1accel-form=n|s|f3accel-form=e-form|f5accel-form=comd|f7accel-form=pred|supd|f9accel-form=attr|supd|head=|head2=|sort=}} svær (neuter svært, plural and definite singular attributive svære), {{da-adj|t|e}} svær (neuter svært, plural and definite singular attributive svære) Inflection templates: {{da-infl-adj||est}} Forms: svært [neuter], svære [attributive, definite, singular], svære [attributive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], svær [error-unrecognized-form, positive], sværere [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], sværest [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], svært [error-unrecognized-form, positive], svære [plural, positive], sværere [comparative, plural], sværest [plural, superlative], svære [attributive, definite, positive], sværere [attributive, comparative, definite], sværeste [attributive, definite, superlative]
  1. difficult, hard, stiff, tough
    Sense id: en-svær-da-adj-S3klEB8f
  2. (now rare) heavy, massive, solid Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-svær-da-adj-ByItoOpB
  3. severe
    Sense id: en-svær-da-adj-O7YdsbwD
  4. portly, stout
    Sense id: en-svær-da-adj-TzMw1YU5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Danish]

IPA: /svɛːˀr/, [ˈsʋ̥ɛˀɐ̯], [ˈsʋ̥ɛɐ̯ˀ], [ˈsʋ̥æɐ̯ˀ]
Etymology: From Old Norse svǫrðr m, from Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind, turf”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål svor, Swedish svål, English sward. The Danish form has the vowel of the plural (sverðir). Etymology templates: {{der|da|non|svǫrðr|g=m}} Old Norse svǫrðr m, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*swarduz||rind, turf}} Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind, turf”), {{cog|nb|svor}} Norwegian Bokmål svor, {{cog|sv|svål}} Swedish svål, {{cog|en|sward}} English sward, {{m|non|sverðir}} sverðir Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|sværen||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|svær||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær), {{da-noun|en}} svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|en}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=sværenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=sværs|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=sværens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=sværs|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=sværene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=svær|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=sværen|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=svær}} Forms: sværen [definite, singular], svær [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], svær [indefinite, nominative, singular], sværen [definite, nominative, singular], svær [indefinite, nominative, plural], sværene [definite, nominative, plural], sværs [genitive, indefinite, singular], sværens [definite, genitive, singular], sværs [genitive, indefinite, plural], sværenes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. rind Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-svær-da-noun-3v-nhO~0
  2. crackling Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Meats
    Sense id: en-svær-da-noun-4uTanWiO Disambiguation of Meats: 5 2 1 12 8 71 Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish entries with topic categories using raw markup, Danish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 3 18 15 34 Disambiguation of Danish entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 13 2 11 8 60 Disambiguation of Danish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 11 2 10 8 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flæskesvær, grønsvær
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: svær [feminine, masculine], svært [neuter], svære [definite, plural, singular]
Etymology: Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”) Etymology templates: {{cog|non|svárr||hard, heavy}} Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)
  1. heavy, massive, huge, large, tremendous
    Sense id: en-svær-nb-adj--WuKWV7e Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /ʂʋæːr/ Forms: svært [neuter], svære [definite, plural, singular], sværare [comparative], sværast [indefinite, superlative], sværaste [definite, superlative]
Etymology: Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”), or from Middle Low German schwer. Etymology templates: {{cog|non|svárr||hard, heavy}} Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”), {{cog|gml|schwer}} Middle Low German schwer
  1. big, massive; huge
    Sense id: en-svær-nn-adj-i7H1c0Un
  2. unusual
    Sense id: en-svær-nn-adj-3Wk0cDgT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: svært

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flæskesvær"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "grønsvær"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "svǫrðr",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svǫrðr m",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swarduz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "rind, turf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind, turf”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "svor"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål svor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "svål"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish svål",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sward"
      },
      "expansion": "English sward",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "sverðir"
      },
      "expansion": "sverðir",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse svǫrðr m, from Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind, turf”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål svor, Swedish svål, English sward. The Danish form has the vowel of the plural (sverðir).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sværen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "svær",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "sværen",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "sværenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "sværs",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "sværens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "sværs",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "sværene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "svær",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "sværen",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "svær"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rind"
      ],
      "id": "en-svær-da-noun-3v-nhO~0",
      "links": [
        [
          "rind",
          "rind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 17 3 18 15 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 2 11 8 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 11 2 10 8 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 2 1 12 8 71",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "da",
          "name": "Meats",
          "orig": "da:Meats",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crackling"
      ],
      "id": "en-svær-da-noun-4uTanWiO",
      "links": [
        [
          "crackling",
          "crackling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/svɛːˀr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥ɛˀɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥ɛɐ̯ˀ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥æɐ̯ˀ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sværd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "svær"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "swar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish swar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "svárr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svárr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swēraz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swēraz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "svår"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish svår",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schwer"
      },
      "expansion": "German schwer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zwaar"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch zwaar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (swērs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "svar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of svar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish swar, from Old Norse svárr, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, cognate with Swedish svår, German schwer, Dutch zwaar, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (swērs). The vowel of the modern Danish form is probably due to German influence. Doublet of svar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "svært",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svært",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværeste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{comp2}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{4}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{sup2}}}",
        "19": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "20": "{{{5}}}",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "3": "neuter",
        "4": "svært",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "plural and definite singular attributive",
        "8": "svære",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "n|s",
        "f3accel-form": "e-form",
        "f5accel-form": "comd",
        "f7accel-form": "pred|supd",
        "f9accel-form": "attr|supd",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "svær (neuter svært, plural and definite singular attributive svære)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "t",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "svær (neuter svært, plural and definite singular attributive svære)",
      "name": "da-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "est"
      },
      "name": "da-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficult, hard, stiff, tough"
      ],
      "id": "en-svær-da-adj-S3klEB8f",
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
        ],
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "heavy, massive, solid"
      ],
      "id": "en-svær-da-adj-ByItoOpB",
      "links": [
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy"
        ],
        [
          "massive",
          "massive"
        ],
        [
          "solid",
          "solid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) heavy, massive, solid"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "severe"
      ],
      "id": "en-svær-da-adj-O7YdsbwD",
      "links": [
        [
          "severe",
          "severe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "portly, stout"
      ],
      "id": "en-svær-da-adj-TzMw1YU5",
      "links": [
        [
          "portly",
          "portly"
        ],
        [
          "stout",
          "stout"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/svɛːˀr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥ɛˀɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥ɛɐ̯ˀ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥æɐ̯ˀ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sværd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "svær"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "svárr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hard, heavy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svært",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heavy, massive, huge, large, tremendous"
      ],
      "id": "en-svær-nb-adj--WuKWV7e",
      "links": [
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy#English"
        ],
        [
          "massive",
          "massive#English"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge#English"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large#English"
        ],
        [
          "tremendous",
          "tremendous#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "svær"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "svárr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hard, heavy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "schwer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German schwer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”), or from Middle Low German schwer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "svært",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværare",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværast",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværaste",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "svært"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "The animal was massive.",
          "text": "Dyret var svært.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "big, massive; huge"
      ],
      "id": "en-svær-nn-adj-i7H1c0Un",
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        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "massive",
          "massive"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This took unusually long.",
          "text": "Det var då svært so lang tid dette skulle ta.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "unusual"
      ],
      "id": "en-svær-nn-adj-3Wk0cDgT",
      "links": [
        [
          "unusual",
          "unusual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʋæːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "svær"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Danish adjectives",
    "Danish common-gender nouns",
    "Danish doublets",
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Danish terms with homophones",
    "Danish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "da:Meats"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "flæskesvær"
    },
    {
      "word": "grønsvær"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "svǫrðr",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svǫrðr m",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "rind, turf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind, turf”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "svor"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål svor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "svål"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish svål",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sward"
      },
      "expansion": "English sward",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "sverðir"
      },
      "expansion": "sverðir",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse svǫrðr m, from Proto-Germanic *swarduz (“rind, turf”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål svor, Swedish svål, English sward. The Danish form has the vowel of the plural (sverðir).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sværen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "svær",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "sværen",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "svær c (singular definite sværen, plural indefinite svær)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "sværenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "sværs",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "sværens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "sværs",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "sværene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "svær",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "sværen",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "svær"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rind",
          "rind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "crackling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crackling",
          "crackling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/svɛːˀr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥ɛˀɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥ɛɐ̯ˀ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥æɐ̯ˀ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sværd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "svær"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Danish adjectives",
    "Danish doublets",
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Danish terms with homophones",
    "Danish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "da:Meats"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "swar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish swar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "svárr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svárr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swēraz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swēraz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "svår"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish svår",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schwer"
      },
      "expansion": "German schwer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zwaar"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch zwaar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (swērs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "svar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of svar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish swar, from Old Norse svárr, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, cognate with Swedish svår, German schwer, Dutch zwaar, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 (swērs). The vowel of the modern Danish form is probably due to German influence. Doublet of svar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "svært",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svært",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværest",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværeste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{comp2}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{4}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{sup2}}}",
        "19": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "20": "{{{5}}}",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "3": "neuter",
        "4": "svært",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "plural and definite singular attributive",
        "8": "svære",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "n|s",
        "f3accel-form": "e-form",
        "f5accel-form": "comd",
        "f7accel-form": "pred|supd",
        "f9accel-form": "attr|supd",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "svær (neuter svært, plural and definite singular attributive svære)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "t",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "svær (neuter svært, plural and definite singular attributive svære)",
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "est"
      },
      "name": "da-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficult, hard, stiff, tough"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
        ],
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heavy, massive, solid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy"
        ],
        [
          "massive",
          "massive"
        ],
        [
          "solid",
          "solid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) heavy, massive, solid"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "severe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "severe",
          "severe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "portly, stout"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "portly",
          "portly"
        ],
        [
          "stout",
          "stout"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/svɛːˀr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥ɛˀɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥ɛɐ̯ˀ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʋ̥æɐ̯ˀ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sværd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "svær"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "svárr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hard, heavy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "svær",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svært",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål adjectives",
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heavy, massive, huge, large, tremendous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy#English"
        ],
        [
          "massive",
          "massive#English"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge#English"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large#English"
        ],
        [
          "tremendous",
          "tremendous#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "svær"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "svárr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hard, heavy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "schwer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German schwer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from a side form to Old Norse svárr (“hard, heavy”), or from Middle Low German schwer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "svært",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svære",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværare",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværast",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sværaste",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "svært"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The animal was massive.",
          "text": "Dyret var svært.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "big, massive; huge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "massive",
          "massive"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This took unusually long.",
          "text": "Det var då svært so lang tid dette skulle ta.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unusual"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unusual",
          "unusual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʋæːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "svær"
}

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