hem

hem as a noun(ett hem)

hem in a sentence

• resa hem
  go home
• Det är dags att åka hem
  It is time to go home
• Jag vill hem!
  I want to go home! [See ska for why there is åka (“go [with a conveyance]”), gå (“walk”), or the like (though "I want home!" also works in English here)]
• Vi åkte hem till henne
  We went to her house
• Vi var hem till henne igår
  We went to her house yesterday
• Ska vi gå hem till dig eller mig?
  Shall we go to your place or mine?
• arbeta i hemmet
  work at home, do home-based work
• han kommer från ett gott hem
  he comes from a good family
• Ens hem är där man bor
  One's home is where one lives
• Farmor har städat hemmet
  Grandma has cleaned her home

Words built with hem

• föräldrahem parental home
• hemarbete housework
• vårdhem nursing home
• daghem day nursery
• vandrarhem youth hostel

Questions

Similar words

boningrevir

Where the course teaches it

• Swedish vocabulary for home, world, work
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Vart versus var: two words for where
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• The Swedish pronoun man for general statements
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish prepositions of position
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• The Swedish verb att veta (to know)
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• An overview of Swedish noun plurals
  Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Nearby common words

hem is number 169 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 165alltid always, anyway
• 166detta this
• 167låta let, sound
• 168gjort done
• 170fel wrong
• 171ringa call, ring
• 172blev was, got
• 173utan without