här

See also: har, Har, hár, Hár, hār, hår, hær, and Appendix:Variations of "har"

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæːr/

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• Rhymes: -æːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hér, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r.

Adverb

här

1. here; at this time or at this place

   Här är den.

   Here it is.

Usage notes

• In several compounds (härkomst, härledning, ...), it is also used like the German adverb her (“here, to this place”), which would translate to Swedish hit (“here, to this place”), rather than här.

Antonyms

• där

See also

• dit
• hädan
• hän
• hit

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse herr, from Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ (harja), from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-.

Noun

här c

1. (historical) a land army

   Härarna drabbade samman tidigt på morgonen.

   The armies clashed in the early morning.

Declension

Declension of här

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	här	härs
	definite	hären	härens
plural	indefinite	härar	härars
	definite	härarna	härarnas

Related terms

• härförare
• härskara
• härtagen

See also

• armé