Swedish adverb

tvärs

across

Meaning

across

In Swedish: på tvären; mitt, rakt

Practise tvärs

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What does tvärs mean?

tvärs in a sentence

  • tvärs över gatan
    directly across the street
  • Vi körde tvärs över gräsmattan
    We drove right across the lawn

Expressions

  • härs och tvärs
    this way and that

Questions

What does tvärs mean in English?

tvärs means “across”.

Nearby common words

tvärs is number 5,106 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary