tvärbrant
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From tvär + brant. (sense 2) perhaps by hyperbolic extension. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk tverrbratt.
Adjective edit
tvärbrant (not comparable)
- sheer, precipitous ((nearly) vertical)
- tvärbranta klippor
- sheer cliffs
- en djup ravin med tvärbranta väggar
- a deep ravine with sheer walls
- very steep, precipitous (very steep, more generally)
- gå uppför en tvärbrant stig
- walk up a very steep path
Declension edit
| Inflection of tvärbrant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tvärbrant | — | — |
| Neuter singular | tvärbrant | — | — |
| Plural | tvärbranta | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | tvärbrante | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tvärbrante | — | — |
| All | tvärbranta | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||