här

See also: har, Har, hár, Hár, hār, hår, hær, and Appendix:Variations of "har"

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hæːr/
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Rhymes: -æːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hér, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r.

Adverb

här

here; at this time or at this place
Antonym: där (“there, at that place”)

Här är den
Here it is

Usage notes

In several compounds (härkomst, härledning, ...), it is also used like the German adverb her (“here, to this place”), which would translate to Swedish hit (“here, to this place”), rather than här.

See also

hit (“to here”)
dit (“to there”)
hädan
hän
häringa

Etymology 2

From Old Norse herr, from Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ (harja), from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-.

Noun

här c

(historical) a land army, a host
Härarna drabbade samman tidigt på morgonen.
The armies clashed in the early morning.

Österns härar
The hosts of the east

Declension

Declension of här
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	här	hären	härar	härarna
Genitive	härs	härens	härars	härarnas

Related terms

See also

armé

Further reading

här in Svensk ordbok.

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