Swedish adjective · adverb· top 1,000 most common

värre

worseAlso the comparative of dålig.

värre as an adjective

Meaning

worse

In Swedish: ännu mer ogynnsamt, skadligare

värre as an adverb

Meaning

worse

In Swedish: på ett mer ogynnsamt sätt

Practise värre

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What does värre mean?

värre in a sentence

  • vad värre är
    what's worse
  • det värsta jag vet
    a thing I hate (can't stand)
  • i den värsta hettan
    at the hottest (time of the day)
  • Det var konstigt värre
    It was very weird

Expressions

  • i värsta fall
    if it comes to the worst
  • dess värre
    unfortunately

Questions

What does värre mean in English?

värre means “worse”.

Origin

From Old Norse verri, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô.

Nearby common words

värre is number 726 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