och.
and; used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases
Meaning & usage
and; used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases
Jag gillar hundar och katter.
and; used to denote the last item of a list
äpplen, apelsiner och päron
and, plus
Två och tre är fem.
used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the two actions are performed at the same time, often used similarly to the gerund in other languages
Jag sitter och läser.
to; in order to; used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the first is done in order to be able to do the second
Ska vi gå och bada?
introduces a main clause which somehow is bound to a previous clause
Och det vart afton, och det vart morgon, den andra dagen.
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish ock, ok, from Old Norse ok, unstressed variant of Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic og, Dutch ook, German auch, and English eke. The unusual spelling with the digraph ch may have been to avoid confusion with the now dated ock (“too, also”).
and, so, so what
"Du parkerar din bil framför mitt hus varje morgon." — "Och?"
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish ock, ok, from Old Norse ok, unstressed variant of Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic og, Dutch ook, German auch, and English eke. The unusual spelling with the digraph ch may have been to avoid confusion with the now dated ock (“too, also”).
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