Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

dyr

expensive, dear/dyːr/

Meaning

expensive; dear

In Swedish: som kostar mycket, dyrbar

Forms

Forms of dyr
Basic formdyrwith en-words
Neuterdyrtwith ett-words
Plural and definitedyraplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativedyrare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativedyrast“-est”, “most …”

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What does dyr mean?

dyr in a sentence

  • bilen är alldeles för dyr
    that car is much too expensive
  • jag har köpt den för dyra pengar
    I paid a lot of money for it
  • det är dyrt med tobak
    tobacco is very expensive
  • mjölken ska bli dyrare
    milk is to become more expensive
  • en dyr restaurang
    an expensive restaurant

Words built with dyr

  • svindyr extremely expensive, too much

Questions

What does dyr mean in English?

dyr means “expensive, dear”.

Similar words

kostsam

Origin

From Old Swedish dȳr, from Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Nearby common words

dyr is number 1,985 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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