tyvärr

Contraction of ty värr 'the worse', from Old Swedish thy vær, from Old Norse því verr. Compare Danish desværre, Norwegian Bokmål dessverre and Norwegian Nynorsk diverre, and Icelandic því miður. See Icelandic því and Proto-Germanic *wirsizô (“worse”) for more on the components.

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tyvärr (not comparable)

1. unfortunately
   • 1901, August Strindberg, Ett drömspel:

     Så går färden till din död som tyvärr blir andras bröd!

     So goes the journey to your death, which unfortunately becomes other people's bread!

tyvärr

1. sorry, unfortunately not

   Är han här?

   (nej)Tyvärr.

   Is he here?

   Unfortunately not.

• tyvärr in Svensk ordbok.