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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

alvor.

seriousness (state of being serious)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈalˌʋɒˀ]

  1. seriousness (state of being serious)

    common-gender · no-plural

  2. gravity

    common-gender · no-plural

  3. earnestness

    common-gender · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse alvara, from an adjective ǫlværr (“benevolent”), maybe from Middle Low German alwār (“true, kind, benevolent”), cognate with German albern (“silly”), Old High German alawāri (“true, friendly”), a compound of Proto-Germanic *allaz, *ala- (“all”) and *wēraz, *wērijaz (“true”).

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