svett
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From past participle of Old Norse sveitast.
Adjective[edit]
svett (neuter singular svett, definite singular and plural svette, comparative svettere, indefinite superlative svettest, definite superlative svetteste)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
svett
- imperative of svette
References[edit]
- “svett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-.
Noun[edit]
svett c
Declension[edit]
Declension of svett | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | svett | svetten | — | — |
Genitive | svetts | svettens | — | — |
Derived terms[edit]
- handsvett
- fotsvett
- i sitt anletes svett (“by the sweat of one's brow”)
Related terms[edit]
- svettas
- svettig
- svettfläck (“sweat stain”)
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
svett (not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of svett | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | svett | — | — |
Neuter singular | svett | — | — |
Plural | svetta | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | svette | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | svette | — | — |
All | svetta | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
svett
References[edit]
- svett in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- svett in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svett in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams[edit]
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- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Swedish nouns
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- sv:Bodily fluids