värd

See also: vård, værd, vard., and værð

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛːrd/
    • (Central Sweden) IPA(key): [væːɖ]
      • Audio; “en värd”:(file)
    • (Finland) IPA(key): [væːrd]
  • Homophone: värld

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish værþer from Old Norse verðr (adjective), verð (noun), from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“towards, opposite”), used substantively as a noun. Cognate with Dutch waard (adjective), German wert (adjective), Wert (noun), English worth.

Adjective

värd (not comparable)

  1. worth; worthy; having a value
    vara värd sin lön
    be worthy of one's wage
Declension
Inflection of värd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular värd — —
neuter singular värt — —
plural värda — —
masculine plural2 värde — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 värde — —
all värda — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Finnish: väärti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German wert (genitive: werdes), from Old Saxon werd or wird. Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wairdus), German Wirt, Dutch waard.[1]

Noun

värd c (feminine värdinna)

  1. a host
  2. a landlord/landlady
    Synonym: hyresvärd
Declension
Declension of värd
nominative genitive
singular indefinite värd värds
definite värden värdens
plural indefinite värdar värdars
definite värdarna värdarnas
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ värd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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