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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þegar, cognate with Old Swedish þaghar, Old Gutnish þegar.
Pronunciation
Adverb
þegar
- already, at once
Conjunction
þegar
- when
Ég tala aldrei þegar ég er að dreyma.- I never talk when I'm dreaming.
Ég hata þegar ég sé gulan bíl en hef engan til að kýla.- I hate when I see a yellow car but have no one to punch.
Usage notes
This word is only used in statements. In questions, hvenær is used.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic
Conjunction
þegar
- immediately, at once
- Synonym: seðr
- without any distance in between
- recently
Conjunction
þegar
- when, as soon as
- if, in which case
- since
Descendants