"varför" meaning in Swedish

See varför in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /¹varfœr/, [¹varːfœ̞r], /¹vɑːrfœr/, [¹vɑːrfœ̞r] Audio: Sv-varför.ogg
Etymology: A compound of var (“what”) + för, from Old Swedish hvar fore. Compare Norwegian and Danish hvorfor, English wherefore, Dutch waarvoor, German wofür. Etymology templates: {{compound|sv|var|för|t1=what}} var (“what”) + för, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|hvar fore}} Old Swedish hvar fore, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|da|hvorfor}} Danish hvorfor, {{cog|en|wherefore}} English wherefore, {{cog|nl|waarvoor}} Dutch waarvoor, {{cog|de|wofür}} German wofür Head templates: {{head|sv|adverb|head=|sort=}} varför, {{sv-adv|-}} varför (not comparable)
  1. why (for what reason) Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: hur kommer det sig
    Sense id: en-varför-sv-adv-8mqLyZwF Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hvarföre, hvarför, varföre [obsolete]

Conjunction

IPA: /¹varfœr/, [¹varːfœ̞r], /¹vɑːrfœr/, [¹vɑːrfœ̞r] Audio: Sv-varför.ogg
Etymology: A compound of var (“what”) + för, from Old Swedish hvar fore. Compare Norwegian and Danish hvorfor, English wherefore, Dutch waarvoor, German wofür. Etymology templates: {{compound|sv|var|för|t1=what}} var (“what”) + för, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|hvar fore}} Old Swedish hvar fore, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|da|hvorfor}} Danish hvorfor, {{cog|en|wherefore}} English wherefore, {{cog|nl|waarvoor}} Dutch waarvoor, {{cog|de|wofür}} German wofür Head templates: {{head|sv|conjunction}} varför
  1. why, and therefore, for what reason
    Sense id: en-varför-sv-conj-AEEdAgWG Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hvarföre, hvarför, varföre [obsolete]

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for varför meaning in Swedish (4.3kB)

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