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
  2. 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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