Swedish adverb · pronoun· top 100 most common
där
there, where/dɛːr/
där as an adverb
Meaning
there; where
In Swedish: på det stället
där as a pronoun
Meaning
where
Practise där
1 / 1What does där mean?
där in a sentence
- här och därall over
- där bortaover there
- där springer hanthere he goes
- en sån där bila car like that
- den där bokenthat book
- där huset låg finns nu en motorvägwhere the house was, there is now a motorway
- huset där jag bor ska rivasthe house where I live will be torn down
- Din bok ligger där på bordet.Your book is there on the table.
- staden där de borthe city where they live
Expressions
- -- Hur mår du? -- Så där-- How are you?-- So, so
- Så där ja!There we go!
Questions
What does där mean in English?
där means “there, where”.
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish question words: vad and hurComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The Swedish pronoun man for general statementsComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish demonstratives: denna and dettaComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Saying there is in Swedish with finnsComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Hem versus hemma: Swedish for homeComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish past tense: -te and -de endingsComplete Swedish – Season 2
Origin
From Old Norse þar, from Proto-Germanic *þar.
Nearby common words
där is number 47 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary

