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djärv

djärv

Swedish

Adjective

djärv (comparative djärvare, superlative djärvast)

  1. Bold, daring, venturesome.
    Det var ett djärvt förslag.
    "That was a bold suggestion."

Declension

Inflection of djärv
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular djärv djärvare djärvast
Neuter singular djärvt djärvare djärvast
Plural djärva djärvare djärvast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 djärve djärvare djärvaste
All djärva djärvare djärvaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Synonyms

  • båld (archaic)

Derived terms

Etymology

From Old Swedish diærver, from Old Norse djarfr, from Proto-Germanic *derbaz. According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok it may be related to the same stem as deorfan ("to work; to act") and dirbti ("to work"), or Ancient Greek τϱέφειν ‎(tϱéphein) ("to make solid; to make fat; to feed; to nurture"). Nationalencyklopedins ordbok suggests a relation to German derb ("coarse").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛrv/
  • Homophone: järv

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