Swedish adverb · verb · noun· top 500 most common

vart

whereAlso the past tense of bli./ˈvart/

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

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What 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 rasande
    he 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 vart
    making no headway, not getting anywhere

Questions

What does vart mean in English?

vart means “where”.

Similar words

varthänvar

Where the course teaches it

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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