en tyngd

tyngd as an adjective

tyngd in a sentence

• lägga tyngd bakom orden
  give substance to one's words
• Han studerade guldtackan i handen. Kände dess tyngd.
  He studied the gold bar in his hand. Felt its weight/heaviness.
• vara tyngdlös
  be weightless
• tyngdlyftning
  weightlifting
• Eftersom han är en stor auktoritet på området har hans argument stor tyngd i frågan
  As he is a great authority in the area, his arguments carry great weight in the matter

Expressions

• en tyngd föll från mitt hjärta
  a weight was lifted from my mind

Words built with tyngd

• blytyngd leaden weight

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish thyngd, from Old Norse þyngd, from Proto-Germanic *þungiþō, which is derived from Proto-Germanic *þunguz “heavy” (Old Norse þungr).

Nearby common words

tyngd is number 6,764 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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• 6,767list ruse, trick
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