då

• (alternative Spelling) do
• (Northern) dou

Cognate with German da.

• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ɔː/

då

1. (local) here, there
2. (temporal) then; so; at that moment

From Old Danish da, from Old English da, from Proto-West Germanic *daihā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-.

då c (singular definite dåen, plural indefinite dåer)

1. a doe

   Coordinate term: hind

• “då” in Den Danske Ordbog

• dåe

From Old Norse ákrdái. Related to dø (“to die”).

då m (definite singular dåen, indefinite plural dåer, definite plural dåene)

1. hemp-nettle

• “då” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /doː/
• In the third sense of the adverb, it should always be pronounced unstressed.

From Old Norse þá, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”). Its use as a conjunction can be seen as taken from the Old Norse combination þá er (er being the actual conjunction).

• da
• daa (obsolete spelling)

då

1. when (at a time in the past)

   Då morgonen kom, hadde vêret vorte betre.

   When the morning came, the weather had gotten better.

2. since, as (used to denote a reason)

   Synonym: ettersom

då

1. then (at that time)

   Fyrst då kan me gjera noko med det.

   We can't do anything about it until then.

2. then (in that case)

   Då er eg redd det er lite me kan gjera.

   Then I am afraid there is little we can do.

3. (filler, intesifier) though, yet, then

   Synonyms: altso, no

   Det var då litt feil å gjera det, ikkje sant?

   It was a little bit wrong to do it then, wasn’t it?

   Kom no med oss då!

   Come with us!

   Du kunne ikkje finne dei i huset, men eg såg inn i skuret, so var dei der då

   You could not find them in the house, but I looked into the shed, and they were there apparently

• dåtid
• no og då

From Old Norse ákrdái, whence also Swedish dån. Related to døy (“to die”).

• dæ m or f, dæe m

då m (definite singular dåen, indefinite plural dåar, definite plural dåane)

2. a hemp-nettle

• dundå
• guldå
• kvassdå
• smaldå
• vrangdå

• “då” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• da (adverb; eye dialect)

From Old Swedish þā, from Old Norse þá, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”).

• IPA^(key): /doː/, [doː]

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• Rhymes: -oː

då (not comparable)

1. then; at that time
2. then; in that case
3. what about, how about

   Den där, då?

   What about that one?

då

1. when; at the same point in time as

   Vi sov då branden började.

   We were sleeping when the fire started.

2. (dated) since, as; by background of the case being that

   Då inget tvivel tycks råda om hans skuld, beslutar jag härmed...

   Since there seems to be no doubts about his guilt, I hereby decide...

• In the first use, it is far more common to use när than då, which is very rare in spoken language.
• In the second use, it is far more common to use eftersom; då may be perceived as archaic.

• hej då

• “då”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “då”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “då”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)