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var

was, wereAlso the past tense of vara./vɑːr/

var as a verb

Meaning

was, were

var as a determiner

Meaning

each, every (all, taken one at a time); each (per person/thing involved)

var as an adverb

Meaning

where; there

In Swedish: på vilken plats?

var as a pronoun

Meaning

every

In Swedish: varje, var och en

var as a conjunction

Meaning

where; the situation in which

var as a noun(ett var)

Meaning

pus

In Swedish: vätska i inflammerat sår

Forms

Forms of var
Singular, indefiniteett var
Singular, definitevaret
Plural, indefinitevar
Plural, definitevaren

var is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort var, det stora varet. Check another noun

Practise var

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What does var mean?

var in a sentence

  • Var dag är en sällsam gåva
    Each day is a peculiar gift
  • varandra
    each other
  • varannan
    every other
  • vardag
    weekday; everyday life
  • Vi fick två bananer var
    We got two bananas each
  • Var bor du?
    Where do you live?
  • jag vet inte var han är
    I don't know where he is
  • Var är mina nycklar?
    Where are my keys?
  • Var var jag?
    Where was I?
  • var fjortonde dag
    once a fortnight

Expressions

  • var som helst
    anywhere
  • här och var
    here and there
  • vi fick var sin tia
    we got a ten kronor coin each
  • var för sig
    separately, individually
  • var och en
    everyone

Words built with var

  • varbildning festering, suppuration, purulence

Questions

What does var mean in English?

var means “was, were”.

Is it en var or ett var?

It is ett var, and “the pus” is varet.

What is the plural of var?

var doesn't change in the plural: ett var, två var (definite: varen).

Similar words

vartvarenda

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Nearby common words

var is number 19 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 15som as
  • 16om about, around
  • 17med with, for
  • 18vad what
  • 20mig me (objective case)
  • 21här here
  • 22dig you, you (singular objective case)
  • 23så so, thus
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