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]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | allvar | allvars |
| definite | allvaret | allvarets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- allvar in Svensk ordbok.
- allvar in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)