Swedish adverb · adjective· top 500 most common
hemma
home, at home/²hɛmːa/
hemma as an adverb
Meaning
home; at home
In Swedish: i hemmet, inne
hemma as an adjective
Meaning
at home, on one's home ground
Practise hemma
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hemma in a sentence
- hon är inte hemmashe's not at home
- hälsa dem där hemmabring (my) greetings to those back home
- Nästa match är hemma mot Malmö.The next match is at home against Malmö.
Questions
What does hemma mean in English?
hemma means “home, at home”.
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish vocabulary for home, world, workComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The Swedish continuous past: taladeComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish word order with time expressionsComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish vocabulary around the houseComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish words for meals: frukost, lunch, middagComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish listening practice: a restaurant invitationComplete Swedish – Season 2
Origin
From Old Swedish hemä, from Old Norse heima.
Nearby common words
hemma is number 345 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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