See also: Variations of "pa"

på - Danish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [pʰɔ̽], (at the end of a clause) IPA: [ˈpʰɔ̽ˀ]

Preposition

  1. on
    • Synonym: (Jutlandic) å

Adverb

  1. on

på - Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • paa (the old spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /poː/

Preposition

  1. on
    • Boken er bordetThe book is on the table
  2. on, against, touching; hanging from or being attached to (a vertical surface)
    • Eplet henger den grenen.The apple is hanging on that branch.
    • Skiltet veggen.The sign on the wall.
  3. on (a certain day)
    • julaften.On Christmas eve.
  4. at (some abstract concepts)
    • Jeg er jobb.I am at work.
  5. at (concerning time)
    • den tiden...At that time...
  6. in (a language or dialect)
    • Si det norsk.Say it in Norwegian.

Adverb

  1. (of machines, etc) turned on; functioning

Derived terms

på - Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • paa (the old spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /poː/
  • (Sognamål) IPA: /paʊ/

Preposition

  1. on (touching from above or touching, hanging from)
    • Boka ligg bordet
      • The book is on the table
  2. on, against, touching; hanging from or being attached to (a vertical surface)
    • Eplet som heng den greina
      • The apple hanging on that branch
    • Skiltet veggen
      • The sign on the wall
  3. on (a certain day)
    • julaftan
      • on Christmas Eve
  4. at (some abstract concepts)
    • jobben
      • at work
  5. at (concerning time)
    • den tida
      • at that time
  6. in (islands and many towns that are not on the coast)
    • Island
      • in Iceland
    • Hamar
      • in Hamar
  7. in (a language)
    • nynorsk
      • in Nynorsk
  8. in (part of the day, time of day)
    • ettermiddagen
      • in the afternoon

Adverb

  1. (of machines, etc) turned on; functioning
    • Fjernsynet står
      • The television is on

Derived terms

på - Russenorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /poː/

Preposition

  1. on
  2. in
  3. to (direction)
    • Davai skip kom
      • Come on, come to the ship
  4. at
  5. of (belonging)

på - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /poː/

Preposition

  1. on, on top of; touching from above
    • Boken ligger bordet.
      • The book lies on the table.
  2. on, against, touching; hanging from or being attached to (a vertical surface)
    • Äpplet som hänger den grenen
      • The apple hanging on that branch
    • Skylten väggen
      • The sign on the wall
  3. on (a certain day)
    • julaftonon Christmas Eve
  4. at (some abstract concepts, and locations associated more with their purpose than architecture)
    • jobbetat work
    • begravningat a funeral
    • festenat the party
    • hockeyat a hockey game
    • sjukhusetat the hospital
    • stationenat the train station
    • marknadenat the market
    • toalettenon the toilet
    • dassin the outhouse
  5. in (a language)
    • svenskain Swedish
  6. in (part of the day, time of day)
    • eftermiddagenin the afternoon
  7. of (part of an object)
    • Ögat nålen
      • The eye of the needle
    • Slå huvudet spiken
      • Hit the head of the nail

Usage notes

only means at when it cannot mean on top, usually when talking about abstract concepts (which extends to clubs, hospitals, and other places where the focus is normally not on the building itself) rather than physical objects that one may be on top of. For at in a truly spatial sense, use vid. See also the usage notes for inuti.

In the time sense, it is only used for speaking of days when describing them in some sense: på julafton, på min födelsedag, på måndag; when giving a date this preposition is excluded: Han köpte bilen den tredje maj = He bought the car on the third of May.

The sense of can also be expressed using the genitive. For example, the phrase ögat nålen above is interchangeable with nålens öga.

Synonyms

  • å (obsolete except in certain fixed expressions and compounds)

Adjective

(not comparable)

  1. (predicative, of machines, etc) turned on; functioning
    • Radion är inte .
      • The radio isn't turned on.

Declension

Invariable, only used predicatively.

Derived term

Meaning and Definition of på
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