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tvärbrant

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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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

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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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