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

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What does där mean?

där in a sentence

  • här och där
    all over
  • där borta
    over there
  • där springer han
    there he goes
  • en sån där bil
    a car like that
  • den där boken
    that book
  • där huset låg finns nu en motorväg
    where the house was, there is now a motorway
  • huset där jag bor ska rivas
    the house where I live will be torn down
  • Din bok ligger där på bordet.
    Your book is there on the table.
  • staden där de bor
    the 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

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.

  • 43hur how
  • 44ta take; to grab and move to oneself, to bring (along); to carry
  • 45se see, look
  • 46honom him, him; oblique of han
  • 48måste must
  • 49din your, yours (common gender, singular), you (vocative determiner used before a singular common gender noun)
  • 50tro believe
  • 51skulle would, should
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