om

om as an adverb

om as a conjunction

om in a sentence

• en halsduk om halsen
  a scarf round one's neck
• affären om hörnet
  the shop round (on) the corner
• åka om Stockholm
  go round Stockholm
• om natten
  by night
• tre gånger om året
  three times a year
• om dagarna
  by day
• om en stund
  in a while
• vårdnaden om barn
  custody of children
• linda om
  tie round
• bädda om
  remake a bed

Expressions

• gott om ("rikligt med") (pengar)
  plenty of (money)

Questions

Similar words

försåvittifall

Where the course teaches it

• Swedish reflexive pronouns: mig, dig, sig
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Tycker om versus gillar in Swedish
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish verbs: förstå, säga, försöka
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish past tense: -te and -de endings
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• The Swedish verb att sälja (to sell)
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• Swedish word order when an adverb comes first
  Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

Nearby common words

om is number 16 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 12i in; on, at
• 13för to, for
• 14han he
• 15som as
• 17med with, for
• 18vad what
• 19var was, were
• 20mig me (objective case)