deras

deras in a sentence

• När grannarna är bortresta, vaktar jag deras hund
  When the neighbors are traveling, I tend their dog

Questions

Where the course teaches it

• The full set of Swedish possessives
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish object pronouns: honom and henne
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Vart versus var: two words for where
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish present, past and future review
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• The Swedish verb att veta (to know)
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• The Swedish verb att bli (to become)
  Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

From Old Swedish þēra, from Old Norse þeirra, with the -s added in analogy with other genitive forms, specifically the masculine/neuter singular -s.

Nearby common words

deras is number 199 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 195många many
• 196klara take care of, get done
• 197gång time, walk
• 198innan until, before
• 200inga nobody, none
• 201under beneath, under
• 202sån eye dialect spelling of sådan
• 203följa follow, accompany