varför

varför as a conjunction

varför in a sentence

• Varför gråter du?
  Why are you crying?
• Varför det?
  Why?
• jag undrar varför hon skrattade
  I wonder why she laughed
• Varför inte?
  Why not?
• Varför är du här?
  Why are you here?
• De frågade mig varför jag inte var i skolan.
  They asked why I was not in school.
• Jag vann en miljon, varför jag sedan köpte ett nytt hus.
  I won one million, why I later on bought a house.

Questions

Where the course teaches it

• Swedish verbs for eat, want and can
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Talking about the future with ska
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish question words: vad and hur
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• How Swedish forms the past participle
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish demonstratives: denna and detta
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish verbs of position: ligger, står
  Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

A compound of var (“what”) + för, from Old Swedish hvar fore.

Nearby common words

varför is number 68 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 64okej okay, all right
• 65eller or
• 66från from
• 67sig oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
• 69hade had
• 70henne her, her; object form of hon (=she)
• 71alla everyone, all, everybody, everyone
• 72upp up (similar senses to English, though compare uppe), open (to an open position or state)