varv
See also: värv
Breton edit
Noun edit
varv
- Soft mutation of marv.
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- hvarf (obsolete since 1906)
Etymology edit
Might be from Old Norse hvarf (“circle”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
varv n
- turn, revolution, a full circle
- 45 varv per minut
- 45 revolutions per minute (rpm)
- 45 varv per minut
- lap, circuit
- Han sprang fem varv runt huset
- He ran five laps around the house
- (geology) layer, varve
- wharf, shipyard
- Har du hört att de ska flytta Götaverken? – Det går väl inte? Om man flyttar ett helt varv är man ju tillbaka där man började!
- Have you heard they are moving Götaverken (former large shipyard in Gothenburg)? – Can you do that? If you move a whole shipyard (a full circle), you are back where you started!
Declension edit
| Declension of varv | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | varv | varvet | varv | varven |
| Genitive | varvs | varvets | varvs | varvens |
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- Rhymes:Swedish/arv
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