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var.

where; at which place

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adv/vɑːr/[vɒ̜ːr]

  1. where; at which place

    not-comparable
    Var är mina nycklar?
    Var var jag?
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

noun/vɑːr/[vɒ̜ːr]

  1. various species of flatfish of the family Scophthalmidae, such as megrim, whiff, butt, turbot c

    common-gender · neuter
Where this word comes from

To the same root as Swedish varv (“loop”) and thereof, regarding the round shape of the fish. Compare the dialectal form varvel. Cognate to Danish hvar, -hvar, hvarre; Norwegian Bokmål –var.

noun/vɑːr/[vɒ̜ːr]

  1. pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n

    common-gender · neuter · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish var, from Old Norse *vār (“pus, bodily gunk”). Cognate to Norwegian Nynorsk var (“pus”), Icelandic var (“eye gunk”).

det/vɑːr/[vɒ̜ːr]

  1. each, every (all, taken one at a time)

    dated · often
    Var dag är en sällsam gåva
    varandra

  2. each (per person/thing involved)

    Vi fick två bananer var
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hverr (paradigm merged with a descendant of *hwaz and a descendant of Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“who (of many)”). Cognate with Icelandic hver.

noun/vɑːr/[vɒ̜ːr]

  1. pillowcase

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish var, in bulstervar, höghindis var, from Old Norse var, to the verb verja (“to clothe”); compare English wear. Cognate to Danish vår, older war; Norwegian Bokmål var, Norwegian Nynorsk vær; Icelandic ver; Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wasjan); Old Saxon werian; Old High German werjan, werjen; Old English węrian.

conj/vɑːr/[vɒ̜ːr]

  1. where; the situation in which

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

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