kvar

From Latin quar-, analyzed as the root of quartus (“fourth”).

• IPA^(key): /kvar/

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: kvar

kvar

1. four (4)

• kvaro

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑːr/

From Old Norse hvárr, hvarr, hverr.

• qvær (archaic spelling)
• kvør (dialectal)

kvar (neuter kvart)

1. each

   Kvar og ein av oss.

   Each and every one of us.

2. every

   Kvar måndag.

   Every monday.

• kvardag
• gå kvar til sitt
• til kvar sin smak

From Old Norse hvar.

kvar

1. where

   Synonym: kor

   Kvar ligg byen?

   Where is the city situated?

Compare with Swedish kvar.

kvar (neuter kvart, definite singular and plural kvare, comparative kvarare, indefinite superlative kvarast, definite superlative kvaraste)

1. tranquil

• “kvar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Deverbal from kváriti.

• IPA^(key): /kʋâːr/

kvȃr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ква̑р)

1. defect, fault

   Ne vidim nikakav kvar. ― I don't see any defect.

   Moj auto je u kvaru. ― My car is defect.

• kváriti
• pokvaren

• “kvar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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• IPA^(key): /kʋáːr/

kvȃr m inan

1. damage

• “kvar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Old Norse kvirr, kyrr, from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz.

• IPA^(key): /kvɑːr/

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kvar

1. left, remaining

   Det är två kakor kvar

   There are two remaining cookies

Often as vara kvar: "(to) remain", "(to) be left", or as bli kvar: "be left behind", "(to) stay behind"

• kvarbli
• kvarstanna
• kvarvarande

• kvar in Svensk ordbok.

• krav, vrak