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vars.

where

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adv/vɑːrs/[vɒ̜˔ːʂ]/vars/[väʂ]
  1. where

    Northern · Sweden · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From an older interrogative adverb hvarest (“whereto, whither”), see varest, from Old Swedish hvaris.

pron/vɑːrs/distributive, relative[vɒ̜˔ːʂ][vɒ̜˔ːʁs]/vars/relative
  1. whose (of whom)

    pronoun · relative
  2. each

    dialectal · distributive · pronoun
Where this word comes from

* (relative pronoun) From Old Swedish hvars, genitive of hvar (“which, every”). * (distributive pronoun) From a reanalysis of varsin, varsitt (“one each”) (from var; sin, sitt) as consisting of vars + en, ett (“one”) and then expanded to further numerals, e.g. vars två (”two each”), standard Swedish två var.

intj/vars/[väʂ]
  1. Added to an answering interjection (mainly jo) to make it more emphatic.

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Clipping of bevars, itself a contraction of (Gud) bevare oss (”may God save us”), from the present subjunctive of bevara (“to save, to keep”), and oss (“us”).

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