Swedish adverb · noun· top 100 most common

här

here/hɛːr/

här as an adverb

Meaning

here

In Swedish: på denna plats, hos mig

här as a noun(en här)

Meaning

army; host

In Swedish: armé

Forms

Forms of här
Singular, indefiniteen här
Singular, definitehären
Plural, indefinitehärar
Plural, definitehärarna

här is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor här, den stora hären. Check another noun

Practise här

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What does här mean?

här in a sentence

  • Vad är det här?
    What's this?
  • Stanna här!
    Stop here!
  • den här boken
    this book
  • så här kan du göra
    this is what you can do
  • Här är den
    Here it is
  • Härarna drabbade samman tidigt på morgonen.
    The armies clashed in the early morning.
  • Österns härar
    The hosts of the east

Expressions

  • här och var
    here and there

Words built with här

  • krigshär army

Questions

What does här mean in English?

här means “here”.

Is it en här or ett här?

It is en här, and “the army” is hären.

What is the plural of här?

The plural of här is härar, and the definite plural is härarna.

Similar words

närvarandearmé

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Norse hér, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r.

Nearby common words

här is number 21 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 17med with, for
  • 18vad what
  • 19var was, were
  • 20mig me (objective case)
  • 22dig you, you (singular objective case)
  • 23så so, thus
  • 24den it, he, she, that
  • 25till to, until
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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