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som.

at its/his/hers

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adv/sɔm/

  1. at its/his/hers

    not-comparable
    när vintern är som kallast
    när solen står som högst

  2. the

    not-comparable
    där backen är som brantast
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish som or sum, in Runic inscriptions also sim, same as Icelandic sem, from Old Norse sem. Also related to the prefix sam- (“co-, common, together”) and suffix -sam (“-some, -like”). Still in the Poetic Edda, the Icelandic sem is only used as a comparative particle, e.g. Hávamál 23 allt er víl sem var (And his woe is just as it was). With time it has displaced other relative conjunctions (es, er). Its use as a pronoun is of a later date.

pron/sɔm/

  1. who, which, that

    relative
    Det var hon som gjorde det.
    Det där är stenen som kraschade rutan.

  2. as; to the same extent or degree that

    Du är inte lika lång som jag är.
    Du är inte lika lång som jag.
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish som or sum, in Runic inscriptions also sim, same as Icelandic sem, from Old Norse sem. Also related to the prefix sam- (“co-, common, together”) and suffix -sam (“-some, -like”). Still in the Poetic Edda, the Icelandic sem is only used as a comparative particle, e.g. Hávamál 23 allt er víl sem var (And his woe is just as it was). With time it has displaced other relative conjunctions (es, er). Its use as a pronoun is of a later date.

conj/sɔm/

  1. as, like

    flitig som ett bi
    Hon lät som en häst

  2. as (in the role of)

    Som president är det jag som bestämmer

  3. as (the way)

    Som du önskar!
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish som or sum, in Runic inscriptions also sim, same as Icelandic sem, from Old Norse sem. Also related to the prefix sam- (“co-, common, together”) and suffix -sam (“-some, -like”). Still in the Poetic Edda, the Icelandic sem is only used as a comparative particle, e.g. Hávamál 23 allt er víl sem var (And his woe is just as it was). With time it has displaced other relative conjunctions (es, er). Its use as a pronoun is of a later date.

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