"svår" meaning in Swedish

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Adjective

IPA: /¹svoːr/, [¹s̪v̥oːr] Audio: Sv-svår.ogg
Rhymes: -oːr Etymology: From Old Swedish svār, svāger, svor, from Old Norse svárr, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swer-. Compare German schwer. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|svār}} Old Swedish svār, {{m|gmq-osw|svāger}} svāger, {{m|gmq-osw|svor}} svor, {{der|sv|non|svárr}} Old Norse svárr, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*swēraz}} Proto-Germanic *swēraz, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*swer-}} Proto-Indo-European *swer-, {{cog|de|schwer}} German schwer Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|svårare|superlative|svårast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} svår (comparative svårare, superlative svårast), {{sv-adj}} svår (comparative svårare, superlative svårast) Forms: svårare [comparative], svårast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], svår [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], svårare [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], svårast [common-gender, indefinite, singular, superlative], svårt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], svårare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], svårast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], svåra [indefinite, plural, positive], svårare [comparative, indefinite, plural], svårast [indefinite, plural, superlative], svåre [indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], svårare [comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], svårast [indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], svåre [definite, masculine, positive, singular], svårare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], svåraste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], svåra [definite, positive], svårare [comparative, definite], svåraste [definite, superlative]
  1. difficult, hard (requiring significant effort (or luck or the like) to successfully deal with)
    (of a person) difficult (due to being uncooperative or in a bad mood, for example, or difficult to understand, etc., like in English)
    Synonyms (troublesome): knepig
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-r1~scsS5 Disambiguation of 'troublesome': 30 11 11 11 1 5 13 1 1 17
  2. difficult, hard (requiring significant effort (or luck or the like) to successfully deal with)
    (in "ha svårt för sig") to struggle (due to finding something (intellectually) difficult)
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-nv5e9fN~
  3. difficult, hard (requiring significant effort (or luck or the like) to successfully deal with)
    (in "ha svårt för någon/något") to find someone/something difficult to like, to have a problem with someone/something
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-uLX5nrYc
  4. difficult, hard (requiring significant effort (or luck or the like) to successfully deal with)
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-sJYvJbkc
  5. very bad (in degree, extent, or quality)
    severe
    Synonyms (severe): allvarlig
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-X6PPsBUH Disambiguation of 'severe': 3 3 3 3 66 18 4 0 1 1
  6. very bad (in degree, extent, or quality)
    serious
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-j1dHPbDK
  7. very bad (in degree, extent, or quality)
    difficult, hard
    Synonyms (difficult): knivig, knepig
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-ymQEyHoD Disambiguation of 'difficult': 18 18 18 18 1 0 26 0 0 1
  8. very bad (in degree, extent, or quality)
    grave
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-6-yNodvn
  9. (colloquial, by extension) very (as a positive or negative intensifier) Tags: broadly, colloquial
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-lVzJ2GyU
  10. (with på) keen on (something) (having a strong affinity for something (pleasurable, usually alcohol or women)) Synonyms: begiven
    Sense id: en-svår-sv-adj-RZn8VqJn Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 25 7 7 7 4 7 4 4 1 34

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for svår meaning in Swedish (10.8kB)

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          "english": "She has a problem with olives",
          "text": "Hon har svårt för oliver",
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          "english": "Some people find it hard to enjoy musicals",
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          "english": "Problem 3 on the exam is difficult",
          "text": "Uppgift 3 på provet är svår",
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          "english": "I find it difficult to ride a bike and juggle at the same time",
          "text": "Jag tycker det är svårt att cykla och jonglera samtidigt",
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          "english": "Winning the lottery is hard",
          "text": "Att vinna på lotteri är svårt",
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          "english": "How hard can it be?",
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          "english": "A severe storm broke out",
          "text": "En svår storm bröt ut",
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        {
          "english": "The bacteria can cause severe disease",
          "text": "Bakterien kan orsaka svår sjukdom",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In its annual report, UNICEF informs that millions of children who are subject to severe discriminiation and abuse, are invisible in the statistics.",
          "ref": "2005 December 15, “Miljoner barn i nöd osynliga [Millions of needy children invisible]”, in Swedish Wikinews",
          "text": "I sin årsrapport meddelar Unicef att miljoner barn som är utsatta för svår diskriminering och utnyttjas, är osynliga i statistiken.",
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          "english": "a serious accident",
          "text": "en svår olycka",
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          "english": "It was a difficult time for the country",
          "text": "Det var en svår tid för landet",
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        {
          "english": "seven hard years",
          "text": "sju svåra år",
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          "english": "a grave sin",
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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          "english": "a severely (very) nice-looking car",
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          "english": "Gyllensten is turning fifty years old [today]. Has always been keen on the booze. So now when we go to his party [finer private party with invited guests], we all know what we're getting.",
          "ref": "1985, Eddie Meduza (lyrics and music), “Alla tiders fyllekalas [All times' [as in greatest of all time or the like – idiomatic] drunken party]”",
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      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Swedish quotations",
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          "ref": "1920, Hjalmar Bergman, Knutmässo marknad",
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        {
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          "text": "Hon har svårt för oliver",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "Some people find it hard to enjoy musicals",
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          "english": "Problem 3 on the exam is difficult",
          "text": "Uppgift 3 på provet är svår",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I find it difficult to ride a bike and juggle at the same time",
          "text": "Jag tycker det är svårt att cykla och jonglera samtidigt",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Winning the lottery is hard",
          "text": "Att vinna på lotteri är svårt",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "How hard can it be?",
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          "text": "En svår storm bröt ut",
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        },
        {
          "english": "The bacteria can cause severe disease",
          "text": "Bakterien kan orsaka svår sjukdom",
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        },
        {
          "english": "In its annual report, UNICEF informs that millions of children who are subject to severe discriminiation and abuse, are invisible in the statistics.",
          "ref": "2005 December 15, “Miljoner barn i nöd osynliga [Millions of needy children invisible]”, in Swedish Wikinews",
          "text": "I sin årsrapport meddelar Unicef att miljoner barn som är utsatta för svår diskriminering och utnyttjas, är osynliga i statistiken.",
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          "english": "It was a difficult time for the country",
          "text": "Det var en svår tid för landet",
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        {
          "english": "seven hard years",
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          "text": "en svår synd",
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        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1920, Hjalmar Bergman, Knutmässo marknad",
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "be keen on the booze",
          "text": "vara svår på spriten",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vara svår på kvinnor\nbe a womanizer",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Gyllensten is turning fifty years old [today]. Has always been keen on the booze. So now when we go to his party [finer private party with invited guests], we all know what we're getting.",
          "ref": "1985, Eddie Meduza (lyrics and music), “Alla tiders fyllekalas [All times' [as in greatest of all time or the like – idiomatic] drunken party]”",
          "text": "Gyllensten fyller femtio år. Har alltid på spriten varit svår. Så när vi nu på hans bjudning går, så vet vi ju alla vad vi får.",
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        "(with på) keen on (something) (having a strong affinity for something (pleasurable, usually alcohol or women))"
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    },
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