förtvivla
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- to despair, to lose hope
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish fortvifla derived from Middle Low German vortwivelen prefix from Swedish tvivla.
Origin
Swedish
tvivla
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Verzweiflung German
- verzweifeln German
- fortvile Norwegian Bokmål
- tvile Norwegian Bokmål
- betvivla Swedish
- förtvivlan Swedish
- tvivel Swedish
- tvivla Swedish
- vortwivelen Middle Low German
- fortvifla Old Swedish
- tvifla Old Swedish
- vortwivelen Low German