tvärbrant

Swedish

Etymology

From tvär +‎ brant. (sense 2) perhaps by hyperbolic extension. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk tverrbratt.

Adjective

tvärbrant (not comparable)

  1. sheer, precipitous ((nearly) vertical)
    tvärbranta klippor
    sheer cliffs
    en djup ravin med tvärbranta väggar
    a deep ravine with sheer walls
  3. very steep, precipitous (very steep, more generally)
    gå uppför en tvärbrant stig
    walk up a very steep path

Declension

Inflection of tvärbrant
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tvärbrant — —
neuter singular tvärbrant — —
plural tvärbranta — —
masculine plural2 tvärbrante — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tvärbrante — —
all tvärbranta — —

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.

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