tvist

Danish

Noun

tvist c (singular definite tvisten, plural indefinite tvister)

1. legal dispute

Declension

Declension of tvist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tvist	tvisten	tvister	tvisterne
genitive	tvists	tvistens	tvisters	tvisternes

References

• “tvist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from English twist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tvɪst/

Noun

tvist n (genitive singular tvists, uncountable)

1. twist (type of dance)

Declension

Declension of tvist (singular only)
n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tvist	tvistið
accusative	tvist	tvistið
dative	tvisti	tvistinum
genitive	tvists	tvistsins

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German twist.

Noun

tvist m (definite singular tvisten, indefinite plural tvister, definite plural tvistene)

1. a dispute

Derived terms

• grensetvist

References

• “tvist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German twist.

Noun

tvist m (definite singular tvisten, indefinite plural tvistar, definite plural tvistane)

1. a dispute

Derived terms

• grensetvist

References

• “tvist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English twist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʋîst/

Noun

tvȉst m (Cyrillic spelling тви̏ст)

1. twist (type of dance)

Declension

Declension of tvist

	singular
nominative	tvist
genitive	tvista
dative	tvistu
accusative	tvist
vocative	tviste
locative	tvistu
instrumental	tvistom

References

• “tvist” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German twist, from Proto-Germanic *twi-. Compare German Zwist. See also tvedräkt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tvist c

1. dispute, disagreement, quarrel

Declension

Declension of tvist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tvist	tvisten	tvister	tvisterna
Genitive	tvists	tvistens	tvisters	tvisternas

Derived terms

• omtvistad
• tvista
• tvistefråga
• tvistefrö
• tvistemål
• tvistig
• tvistighet
• vårdnadstvist

References

• tvist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tvist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tvist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tvist in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)