därför

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Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish þær for, equivalent to där +‎ för. Compare English therefore, Danish derfor, German dafür.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): ,
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  • Hyphenation: där‧för

Adverb

därför (not comparable)

  1. therefore

Interjection

därför

  1. that's why!
  2. because !
    Varför? - Därför (att jag säger det)! Sluta tjata nu!
    Why? - Because (I say so)! Now stop nagging!

References

därför”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish), 1937

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