också

Swedish

Etymology

Corresponding to och / ock + så, from Old Swedish ok svā, from Old Norse ok and svá. Compare Danish også.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɔksɔ/
  • IPA(key): (Scanian, colloquial) /²ɔsɔ/
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Adverb

också (not comparable)

  1. too, as well, also
    • 2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Den höges tal (Hávamál) §77, page 71:
      Fä dör, fränder dör, en dag dör också du. Ett vet jag som aldrig dör, domen över den döde.
      Cattle die, kinsmen die, one day you'll die as well. One thing I know that never dies, the judgment of the dead.

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