/vɛːrd/, [væːɖ], [væːrd]
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish væruld, værald, værild, værld, from Old Norse verǫld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.
In (sense 3), perhaps elliptical for "världens största" (the world's largest) or the like.
- common-gender(the) world (everything that exists, concretely or abstractly, generally or within in some area)
“Fysiken beskriver världen” — [The] physics describes the world
“affärsvärlden” — the business world
“den akademiska världen” — academia ("the academic world")
- common-gender(the) world (place where humans live, Earth)
“världens alla länder” — all the countries of the world
“världens sju underverk” — the Seven Wonders of the World
“Världen höll andan” — The world held its breath
- common-gender, idiomaticto not be the end of the world (not be that bad)
“Det är inte hela världen om jag inte får jobbet” — It's not the end of the world if I don't get the job
- common-gender, idiomaticActs as an intensifier on nouns – can often be translated as "a huge."
“Nederländarna slarvade just bort världens chans att göra mål. De gjorde världens tabbe.” — The Dutch team just squandered a huge ("the world's") opportunity to score. They made a huge mistake.
“När motorerna startade hördes världens smäll” — When the engines started, a huge bang was heard
“De gjorde det till världens grej, fast det egentligen var helt oviktigt” — They made a huge deal ("the world's thing") out of it, even though it was actually completely unimportant
- common-gender(idiomatic, in "(fara/flyga) all världens väg" ((go/fly) all the world's way)) (to go/fly) far away
“En vindpust fick notbladen att flyga all världens väg” — A gust of wind sent the music sheets flying far away (or "everywhere," in tone)
“Spelkulorna for all världens väg när nätpåsen gick sönder” — The marbles went everywhere (in tone) when the net bag broke
- common-gender, figurativelyto unequivocally go away, be soundly beaten, or the like
“Det gamla rekordet for all världens väg” — The old record was smashed (went (was sent flying or the like) far away)
Formervärld(indefinite, nominative, singular) · världs(genitive, indefinite, singular) · världen(definite, nominative, singular) · världens(definite, genitive, singular) · världar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · världars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · världarna(definite, nominative, plural) · världarnas(definite, genitive, plural)