när
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse nær, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz, comparative of *nēhw. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]när (not comparable)
- when
- När börjar filmen?
- When does the movie begin?
- (about time) as
- När jag skulle gå hem,...
- As I was about to go home,...
- (in some expressions, or archaic or archaizing) Synonym of nära (“close”)
Verb
[edit]när
- inflection of nära:
References
[edit]Categories:
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂neḱ-
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Swedish/æːr
- Rhymes:Swedish/æːr/1 syllable
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adverbs
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish verb forms