No. 5,812 in Swedish
home
The Swedish word for "home" is "hem," meaning the place where one lives or resides.
In a sentence
Jag är hemma just nu.
I am home right now.
Here, 'home' is used to indicate the speaker's current location, referring to their residence.
När jag kommer hem ska vi laga middag.
When I get home, we will cook dinner.
In this sentence, 'home' signifies the destination (the residence) where actions will take place.
Hemmet är där hjärtat bor.
The home is where the heart lives.
Here, 'home' reflects an emotional notion, describing a place of comfort and belonging.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “home” in actual Swedish podcasts.
Find “home” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Swedish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into svenska, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Swedish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).