"værre" meaning in All languages combined

See værre on Wiktionary

Adjective [Danish]

IPA: /vɛrə/, [ˈʋaɐ̯ɐ] Forms: værst [predicative, superlative], værste [attributive, superlative]
Etymology: From Old Norse verri (“worse”, comparative), from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô, cognate of Swedish värre, English worse. Etymology templates: {{der|da|non|verri||worse|pos=comparative}} Old Norse verri (“worse”, comparative), {{der|da|gem-pro|*wirsizô}} Proto-Germanic *wirsizô, {{cog|sv|värre}} Swedish värre, {{cog|en|worse}} English worse Head templates: {{head|da|adjective|comparative, superlative (predicative)|værst|superlative (attributive)|værste}} værre (comparative, superlative (predicative) værst, superlative (attributive) værste)
  1. worse Tags: comparative
    Sense id: en-værre-da-adj-52C9vgvm Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 36 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 32 28
  2. bad, difficult, disadvantageous, serious, troublesome, unlucky, unpleasant Tags: comparative
    Sense id: en-værre-da-adj-OVi58MkN Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 27 53 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 36 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dårligere, mere dårlig, slemmere, mere slem, ubehageligere, mere ubehagelig

Adverb [Danish]

IPA: /vɛrə/, [ˈʋaɐ̯ɐ] Forms: værst [superlative]
Etymology: From Old Norse verri (“worse”, comparative), from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô, cognate of Swedish värre, English worse. Etymology templates: {{der|da|non|verri||worse|pos=comparative}} Old Norse verri (“worse”, comparative), {{der|da|gem-pro|*wirsizô}} Proto-Germanic *wirsizô, {{cog|sv|värre}} Swedish värre, {{cog|en|worse}} English worse Head templates: {{head|da|adverb|comparative, superlative|værst}} værre (comparative, superlative værst)
  1. worse, more bad, more badly Tags: comparative
    Sense id: en-værre-da-adv-JBRnHBfO Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 36 27

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mere slem"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "mere slem"
    },
    {
      "word": "ubehageligere"
    },
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      "word": "mere ubehagelig"
    }
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  "word": "værre"
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