allvar

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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 — —

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