er

er in a sentence

• vi såg er inte
  we didn't see you
• många av er
  many of you
• Är detta Er hatt?
  Is this your hat?
• vi åker i er bil
  we'll go in your car
• Ni två är här, så jag ser er
  You [subject] two are here, so I see you [object]
• Det är en ära att få träffa er båda
  It is an honor to [get to] meet you both
• Är det här er(an) boll, pojkar?
  Is this your ball, boys? ["Eran" is common in casual speech]
• Scenen är er, pojkar!
  The stage is yours, boys! ["Eran" would be uncommon here, perhaps due to "är er" sounding more pithy]

Questions

Similar words

eder

Where the course teaches it

• The full set of Swedish possessives
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish vocabulary for home, world, work
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish reflexive pronouns: mig, dig, sig
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish reflexive verbs: tvättar mig
  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

Origin

Contraction of earlier eder, from Old Swedish iþer, idher, from Old Norse iðʀ, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.

Nearby common words

er is number 61 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 57oss us
• 58man man, person
• 59bli become, get
• 60får sheep
• 62ut out, all over
• 63dem them, them; accusative/dative of de
• 64okej okay, all right
• 65eller or