desværre

Danish

Etymology

From des (“the”) +‎ værre (“worse”), from Old Norse því verr. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål dessverre and Swedish tyvärr, dessvärre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /desvɛrə/, [d̥eˈsvæɐ̯ɐ]

Adverb

desværre

  1. regrettably, unfortunately
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