här

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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
    Antonym: där (“there, at that 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.
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Etymology 2

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, a host
    Härarna drabbade samman tidigt på morgonen.
    The armies clashed in the early morning.
    Österns härar
    The hosts of the east
Declension
Declension of här
nominative genitive
singular indefinite här härs
definite hären härens
plural indefinite härar härars
definite härarna härarnas
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Further reading

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

här

  1. present indicative of hä
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