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garva.

to tan (turn (animal hide) into leather)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. to tan (turn (animal hide) into leather)

  2. to laugh

    colloquial
    Vi garvade åt Nisses skämt
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German gerwen, from Old Saxon gerwian, from Proto-West Germanic *garwijan, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk garva (“tan”) and Danish garve (“tan”). (laugh)

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