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liv.

life (time alive)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/liːv/[liːv]
  1. life (time alive)

    neuter
    Margit har rökt större delen av sitt liv
    Vi har känt varandra nästan hela livet
  2. life (time alive) existence

    neuter
    ett avslappnat liv på landet
    ett skyddat liv
  3. life (time alive) lifetime

    neuter
    Det har tagit mig ett helt liv att bemästra ninjatekniken
  4. life (time alive) to get something to eat (or consume more generally, in a figurative sense)

    neuter
  5. life (state of being alive)

    neuter
    ett jobb med livet som insats
    ta någons liv
  6. life (state of being alive) life (worthwhile life, etc. – similar sense extensions to English)

    neuter
    Skaffa ett liv!
    Han var mitt liv
  7. life (something alive)

    countable · neuter · uncountable
    Vi har hittat spår av liv på planeten
    många liv gick förlorade
  8. life (something alive) a being, a creature

    countable · neuter · uncountable
    patetiska små liv
  9. waist

    neuter
    Hålla någon om livet
  10. bodice

    neuter
    klänningens liv
  11. noise, row, hullabaloo

    neuter
    För inte ett sånt liv!
    Det blev ett jäkla liv när skandalen avslöjades
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish līf, from Old Norse líf, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.

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