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

1. 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

1. (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

• härförare
• härskara
• härtagen

See also

• armé

Further reading

• här in Svensk ordbok.