vård
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse varða, from Proto-Germanic *wardō, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to perceive, give heed, be careful”). Cognate with Icelandic varða, English ward.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Central Sweden) IPA(key): /voːrd/, [voəɖ]
- (Finland) IPA(key): /voːrd/, [voərd]
Audio (Central Sweden): (file)
Noun
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- care (that aims to improve or maintain the condition of someone or something)
- care, treatment (of people who are sick or wounded or weak, or of body parts)
- medicinsk vård
- medical care
- psykiatrisk vård
- psychiatric care
- tandvård
- dental care / dentistry
- få vård för något
- receive treatment for something
- vård av barn
- caring for (sick) children (without necessarily any "treatment" as such – usually when home sick from school or the like)
- Synonym: (treatment) behandling
- an organization or the like around such care, healthcare
- brister inom vården
- healthcare shortcomings
- care (more generally)
- vård av gamla hus
- caring for old houses
- miljövård
- environmental care / environmental protection
- skäggvård
- beard care
- kriminalvård
- correctional services (idiomatic)
- lämna någon/något i någons vård
- leave someone/something in someone's care
- care, treatment (of people who are sick or wounded or weak, or of body parts)
- a memorial (usually in the form of an inscribed raised stone)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | vård | vårds |
| definite | vården | vårdens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- fotvård
- gravvård
- hälsovård
- kriminalvård
- mentalvård
- miljövård
- psykvård
- sjukvård
- tandvård
- vårdfall
- vårdkase
- vårdtagare