allvar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse alvara, from an adjective ǫlværr (“benevolent”), maybe from Middle Low German alwār (“true, kind, benevolent”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Homophone: alvar

Noun

allvar n

1. 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

Declension of allvar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	allvar	allvars
	definite	allvaret	allvarets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• allvarlig
• allvarsam
• gravallvarlig
• ta på allvar
• tala allvar

Further reading

• allvar in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• vallar