tvivel
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish tvifla, borrowed from Middle Low German twīvel (“doubt”), from Old Saxon *twīfal, from Proto-West Germanic *twīfl. Related to Dutch twijfel, German Zweifel and the number two/zwei/två/tve.
Noun
tvivel n
- a doubt
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tvivel | tvivels |
| definite | tvivlet | tvivlets | |
| plural | indefinite | tvivel | tvivels |
| definite | tvivlen | tvivlens |
Derived terms
- självtvivel
- tvivelaktig
- tvivelsam
- tvivelsjuk
- tvivelsjuka
- tvivelsmål
- tvivelsutan
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- tvivel in Svensk ordbok.
- tvivel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)