allvar
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse alvara, from an adjective ǫlværr (“benevolent”), maybe from Middle Low German alwār (“true, kind, benevolent”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
allvar n
- seriousness, earnestness, serious business
- Menar du allvar?
- Are you being serious?
- Hon menar allvar
- She's being serious
- Du kan inte mena allvar
- You can't be serious
- Nu är det allvar!
- It's serious now!
- Det här är allvar!
- This is serious business!
- Det är på allvar
- It's serious, it's for real
- Det rådde inget tvivel om allvaret i hennes fråga
- There was no doubt that her question was serious (no doubt of the seriousness of her question)
Declension edit
Declension of allvar | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | allvar | allvaret | — | — |
Genitive | allvars | allvarets | — | — |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- allvar in Svensk ordbok.
- allvar in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)