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någon

någon

See also: nagon

Swedish

Pronoun

någon c ‎(neuter något, plural några, contraction nån)

  1. any, some, anybody, somebody, anyone, someone, anything, something
    någon annan stans
    somewhere else
    någon över huvud taget, någon alls
    anyone at all

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Etymology

From late Old Swedish naghan, from earlier nokon, accusative of Old Swedish nokor, from Old Norse nǫkkurr, from Proto-Norse ne-wait-ek-hwarjaʀ ‎(ne-wait-ek-hwarjaʀ, “not-know-I-who”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk nokon, Danish nogen, Faroese nakar, Icelandic nokkur, Norwegian Bokmål noen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoːɡɔn/

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