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 Superlative2
Common singular värd — —
Neuter singular värt — —
Plural värda — —
Masculine plural3 värde — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 värde — —
All värda — —
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
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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative värd värden värdar värdarna
Genitive värds värdens värdars värdarnas
Derived terms

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

Further reading

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.