Swedish conjunction · interjection· top 100 most common

och

and/ɔ/

och as a conjunction

Meaning

and

In Swedish: samt, såväl som

och as an interjection

Meaning

and, so, so what

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What does och mean?

och in a sentence

pojkar och flickor
boys and girls
jag vaknade och gick upp
I awoke and got up
Jag gillar hundar och katter.
I like dogs and cats.
äpplen, apelsiner och päron
apples, oranges and pears
Två och tre är fem.
Two and three is five.
Jag sitter och läser.
I'm sitting and reading.
Ska vi gå och bada?
Should we go swimming?
Och det vart afton, och det vart morgon, den andra dagen.
And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
"Du parkerar din bil framför mitt hus varje morgon." — "Och?"
"You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?"

Questions

What does och mean in English?

och means “and”.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish ock, ok, from Old Norse ok, unstressed variant of Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”).

Nearby common words

och is number 9 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5att to, that
6inte not
7ha have, have, possess; be provided with
8en a, an
10vi we
11på on, in
12i in; on, at
13för to, for

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