Swedish adverb · verb · noun· top 500 most common
vart
vart as an adverb
Meaning
where
In Swedish: till vilket ställe?
vart as a verb
Meaning
was
In Swedish: blev
vart as a noun
Meaning
where
Practise vart
1 / 1What does vart mean?
vart in a sentence
- Vart ska du åka?Where are you going?
- Vart är vi på väg?Where are we going to? (More accurately: Where are we headed?)
- Vart är den?Where is it?
- han vart rasandehe was furious
- När vart han kung?When did he become king?
- – Vart det bra? – Japp, det vart bra.– Did it turn out well? – Yep, it turned out well.
Expressions
- inte komma någon vartmaking no headway, not getting anywhere
Questions
What does vart mean in English?
vart means “where”.
Similar words
varthänvar
Where the course teaches it
- Talking about the future with skaComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish vocabulary for home, world, workComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Vart versus var: two words for whereComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish question words: vad and hurComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The Swedish verb att bli (to become)Complete Swedish – Season 1
Origin
From Old Swedish hvart, shortened form of var-åt, "towards where".
Nearby common words
vart is number 272 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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