när

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See also: naer, nær, nåer, and Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nær, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz, comparative of *nēhw. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æːr

Adverb

när (not comparable)

  1. when
    När börjar filmen?
    When does the movie begin?
  2. (about time) as
    När jag skulle gå hem,...
    As I was about to go home,...

Verb

när

  1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of nära.
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of nära.

Further reading

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., comparative of ná-. Unstressed doublet of Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E..

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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  1. at, by, with, at (someone’s) place

Synonyms

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