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leva.

to live, to be alive (concretely or figuratively)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb/²leːva/

  1. to live, to be alive (concretely or figuratively)

    Lever den skådisen än? Jag trodde han var död.
    Den lever!

  2. to live, to be alive (concretely or figuratively) to live (lead one's life somewhere, with someone, or the like)

    Monstren lever uppe i bergen
    människorna som lever inom stadens murar

  3. to live, to be alive (concretely or figuratively) to live (in a particular way), to lead

    leva ett liv i synd
    De levde ett stillsamt liv

  4. to live on, to live off (something)

    leva på bröd och vatten
    leva på avkastning

  5. to be live (be in active play, of a ball)

    Bollen lever

  6. to be wild (and noisy) (of a person or animal the like, or other things by extension)

    often
    Hundarna levde om

  7. to be wild (and noisy) (of a person or animal the like, or other things by extension) to party, to indulge in debauchery

    often
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish liva, from Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Norwegian leve, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben and English live.

verb/²leːva/

  1. to leave

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish lēva, from Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Icelandic leifa, English leave.

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