"nu" meaning in Swedish

See nu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /nʉː/ Audio: Sv-nu.ogg
Rhymes: -ʉː Etymology: From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|nú}} Old Norse nú, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*nu}} Proto-Germanic *nu Head templates: {{head|sv|adverb|head=|sort=}} nu, {{sv-adv|-}} nu (not comparable)
  1. now (at this moment) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nu-sv-adv--v9Rn-kv
  2. Used to emphasize a point in time close to the present; this Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nu-sv-adv-I6ZyPdpJ Categories (other): Pages with 76 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Time Disambiguation of Pages with 76 entries: 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 6 1 1 4 4 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 1 1 3 5 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 25 0 1 0 0 1 0 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 0 89 1 10 Disambiguation of Time: 0 100 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nutid Related terms: till

Noun

IPA: /nʉː/ Audio: Sv-nu.ogg
Rhymes: -ʉː Etymology: From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|nú}} Old Norse nú, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*nu}} Proto-Germanic *nu Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=n|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} nu n, {{sv-noun|n}} nu n Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], nu [indefinite, nominative, singular], nus [genitive, indefinite, singular], nuet [definite, nominative, singular], nuets [definite, genitive, singular], - [indefinite, nominative, plural], - [genitive, indefinite, plural], - [definite, nominative, plural], - [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (usually in the definite) present, now Tags: definite, neuter, present, usually
    Sense id: en-nu-sv-noun-MgIhSLEz
  2. (usually in the definite) present, now
    moment (when more idiomatic in English)
    Tags: definite, neuter, usually
    Sense id: en-nu-sv-noun-uAHZ3w~f

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nutid"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*nu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *nu",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "nu (not comparable)",
      "name": "sv-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "till"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "Can you hear me now?",
          "literal_meaning": "Hear you me now?",
          "text": "Hör du mig nu?",
          "translation": "Can you hear me now?",
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        },
        {
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          "english": "I don't have the time right now",
          "text": "Jag har inte tid just nu",
          "translation": "I don't have the time right now",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "now (at this moment)"
      ],
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      "links": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "sv:Time",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "There is a party on Friday",
          "text": "Det är fest på fredag",
          "translation": "There is a party on Friday",
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        },
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          ],
          "english": "There is a party this Friday",
          "text": "Det är fest nu på fredag",
          "translation": "There is a party this Friday",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "– Is the party next Friday? [Implies next week, like in English] – No, it is this Friday.",
          "text": "– Är festen nästa fredag? – Nej, den är nu på fredag.",
          "translation": "– Is the party next Friday? [Implies next week, like in English] – No, it is this Friday.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I was there on Monday",
          "text": "Jag var där i måndags",
          "translation": "I was there on Monday",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "I was there this Monday",
          "text": "Jag var där nu i måndags",
          "translation": "I was there this Monday",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to emphasize a point in time close to the present; this"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "this",
          "this#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
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    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʉː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nu"
}

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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "nuet",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuets",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "nu n",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "nu n",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
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          "english": "to live in the present",
          "text": "att leva i nuet",
          "translation": "to live in the present",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "present, now"
      ],
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      ],
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          "text": "att vara närvarande i nuet",
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        }
      ],
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          "english": "Can you hear me now?",
          "literal_meaning": "Hear you me now?",
          "text": "Hör du mig nu?",
          "translation": "Can you hear me now?",
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          "english": "I don't have the time right now",
          "text": "Jag har inte tid just nu",
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        }
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          "english": "There is a party on Friday",
          "text": "Det är fest på fredag",
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          "english": "– Is the party next Friday? [Implies next week, like in English] – No, it is this Friday.",
          "text": "– Är festen nästa fredag? – Nej, den är nu på fredag.",
          "translation": "– Is the party next Friday? [Implies next week, like in English] – No, it is this Friday.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I was there on Monday",
          "text": "Jag var där i måndags",
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          "english": "I was there this Monday",
          "text": "Jag var där nu i måndags",
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        }
      ],
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        "Used to emphasize a point in time close to the present; this"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be present in the moment [the present]",
          "text": "att vara närvarande i nuet",
          "translation": "to be present in the moment [the present]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present, now",
        "moment (when more idiomatic in English)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "now",
          "now"
        ],
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the definite) present, now",
        "moment (when more idiomatic in English)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "neuter",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/nʉː/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Sv-nu.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʉː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nu"
}

Download raw JSONL data for nu meaning in Swedish (6.2kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nu",
  "trace": ""
}

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