nå

From Middle High German nāch, from Old High German nāh. Cognate with German nach; see there for more.

nå

1. (Luserna, + dative) after

• darnå

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Old Norse ná, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwijaną, cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽 (nēƕjan, “to approach”). Derived from *nēhwaz (“near”).

• IPA^(key): /nɔːˀ/, [ˈnɔˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː

nå (past tense nåede, past participle nået)

1. (transitive) to reach

   Jeg kan ikke nå den øverste hylde.

   I cannot reach the top shelf.

2. (transitive) to have time

   Jeg kan ikke nå det i dag, men måske i morgen.

   I do not have time for it today, but perhaps tomorrow.

3. (transitive) to be in time, arrive

   Jeg nåede det kun lige.

   I only barely made it.

Possibly originally an unstressed variant of nu (“now”). Compare also German na (“well, oh”)

• IPA^(key): /nɔ/, [ˈnʌ]

nå

1. oh

Like English oh, meaning depends almost entirely on context and intonation.

nå

1. (Mecklenburgisch) Alternative spelling of nao (“to, towards”)
   • 2018, Susanne Bliemel, Dat wier de Nachtigall un nich de Uhl ... : Plattdeutsche Geschichten, Hinstorff (publisher)

     Un ik bün jå in Polen nå Schaul gåhn vun Lemberg ut, ik kunn Polnisch.

From Old Norse ná.

nå

1. now (this very moment)

• akkurat nå
• nålevende
• nåværende

nå (imperative nå, present tense når, simple past nådde, past participle nådd)

1. to reach

• “nå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /noː/

From Old Norse nú. Akin to English now.

nå

1. Alternative form of no

From Old Norse ná.

nå (imperative nå, present tense når, simple past nådde, past participle nådd or nått)

1. to reach

   Når du i osten?

   Can you reach the cheese?

2. to catch (reach something in time)

   Eg nådde akkurat toget.

   I just caught the train.

• oppnå

• “nå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /noː/

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From Old Swedish na, from Old Norse ná. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, to attain”).

nå (present når, preterite nådde, supine nått, imperative nå)

1. to reach, attain
   • 1870, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Mitt liv

     Var är hoppets guldkust gömd,
     aldrig nådd och aldrig glömd?

     Where is the golden coast of hope hidden,
     never reached and never forgotten?

   • 1939, Selma Lagerlöf, - Slåtterkarlarna på Ekolsund

     Han når sin önskans mål och slår sin sista äng
     just som en restrött sol sig sänkt i västerns säng.

     He reaches his wish's goal and harvests his last meadow
     just as a travelweary sun has lowered itself into the western bed.

   • 2000, Elisabeth Precht, Nätet kryllar av löss och skrönor

     Det finns ingen som vet hur många som nås av all hälsoinformation på Internet.

     Nobody knows how many are reached by all health information on the Internet.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

nå

1. well? (encouragement to actually provide an answer or reaction to a question)
2. well (used to acknowledge a statement or situation)

   Nå, vi kan alltid gå istället.

   Well, we could always walk instead.

(encouragement): Interjection used to express for the addressee that one is expecting and waiting for an answer or reaction from him or her.

• nå in Svensk ordbok.

• ån