när

See also: naer, nær, nåer, and Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nær, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz, comparative of *nēhw. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -æːr

Adverb

när (not comparable)

  1. when
    När börjar filmen?
    When does the movie begin?
  2. (about time) as
    När jag skulle gå hem,...
    As I was about to go home,...
  3. (in some expressions, or archaic or archaizing) Synonym of nära (“close”)

Verb

när

  1. present tense of nära.
  2. imperative of nära.

Further reading
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