avund
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse ǫfund.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɑːʋʉn/, /²ɑːʋʉnd/
Noun
avund f (definite singular avunda, uncountable)
- envy
Synonyms
- misunning
References
- “avund” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
avund c
- envy
- Den framlysande avunden i Ygbergs anförande framblåste ett strömoln över den soliga himmelen, men det var blott för ett ögonblick, ty alla visste att avunden hade ett långt, förlorat livs bitterhet till ursäkt.
- The apparent envy in Ygberg's speech threw a sudden cloud over the sunlit skies, but it was just for the moment, for everyone know that the envy had a long, lost life's bitterness as its excuse.
Declension
| Declension of avund | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | avund | avunden | — | — |
| Genitive | avunds | avundens | — | — |
Related terms
- avundad
- avundas
- avundsam
- avundsfri
- avundsfull
- avundsjuk
- avundsjuka
- avundsman
- avundsvärd
- unna
References
- avund in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)