därför

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Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish þær for, equivalent to där +‎ för. Compare English therefore, Danish derfor, German dafür.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d̪æ̌rfœ̞r], [d̪ærfœ̞̌r]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: där‧för

Adverb

därför (not comparable)

  1. therefore

Interjection

därför

  1. that's why!
  2. because [I say so]!
    Varför? - Därför (att jag säger det)! Sluta tjata nu!
    Why? - Because (I say so)! Now stop nagging!

References

därför”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][1] (in Swedish), 1937

Further reading