Ultimately fromLatinen. Seeäs for further details on the vowel.
än
- The name of theLatin-script letterN/n.
än (pluraläärgä)
- house,hut,home
- Fadul Yousif Aljuzuli Terafi Mohadin Chol, Muusa Nuer Teebu, Bal Douwash Yousif, Abrahama Kidir Blang, Abdalmajid Juma Anur, Tim Stirtz, David Graves. 2020. "Jumjum - English Dictionary." Webonary.org. SIL International. fromhttps://www.webonary.org/jumjum
FromOld Frisianand,ende, fromProto-Germanic*andi, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂entí.
än
- (Mooring)and
FromOld Norseenn, fromProto-Germanic*andi, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂entí.
än (notcomparable)
- still,yet (of time)
- Synonyms:ännu,fortfarande
Är du kvarän?- Are youstill here?
Det är inte midnattän- It is not midnightyet
Änså är det vinter- It isstill winter
- (literally, “Yet it is winter [song lyrics (see the quotations) – would more commonly be expressed as "Det ärfortfarande /ännu vinter," though not unnatural-sounding]”)
1869, “Sov du lilla vide ung (Videvisan) [Sleep,[you] little willow young (The Willow Song)]”,Zachris Topelius (lyrics),Alice Tegnér (music)[1]:Sov,du lilla vide ung.Änså är det vinter.Än så sova [old present tense plural form, now "sover" – the present tense plural used to be identical to the infinitive for all verbs exceptvara] björk och ljung, ros och hyacinter.Än så är det långt till vår, innan rönn i blomma står. Sov, du lilla vide.Än så är det vinter. Solskensöga ser på dig. Solskensfamn dig vaggar. Snart blir grönt på skogens stig, och var blomma flaggar.Än [(sense 2)] en liten solskensbön: Vide liten blir så grön. Solskensöga ser dig. Solskensfamn dig vaggar.- Sleep, ["you" – could be kept, but doesn't have the tone of "You little rascal" or the like as avocative – seedu] little willow young [poetic – putting the adjective last is equally unusual in Swedish here]. It isstill winter [yet it is winter].Yet [as in "still"] sleep birch and heather, rose and hyacinths. Spring is still a long way off [yet it is a long way to spring], before rowan is [stands] in bloom [normally "står i blom" rather than "står i blomma"]. Sleep, [you] little willow. It isstill winter. Sunshine's eye watches you ["sunshine-eye watches you" – poetically terse in Swedish as well]. Sunshine's arms [seefamn] rock you [like in a cradle (vagga)]. Soon the forest path will be green [soon it becomes green on the forest's path], and all the flowers fly their flags ["and each flower flags," as in puts out flags, figuratively].Yet [(sense 2)] one little sunshine prayer [or plea]: Willow little turns so green. Sunshine's eye sees you. Sunshine's arms rock you.
- yet (additionally)
- Synonym:ännu
Jag villän en gång tacka mina kollegor- I would like to thank my colleagues once again
- (literally, “I want toyet one time thank my colleagues ["än(nu) en gång" is a common phrase]”)
- no matter
Hur jagän försökte kunde jag inte öppna ögonen- No matter how I tried, I could not open my eyes
FromOld Norsean, from earlier*þan, fromProto-Germanic*þan. Cognate withEnglishthan.
än
- than (in comparisons)
Han är störreän du tror- He is biggerthan you think
än
- indefiniteplural ofä
