på

Etymology
of older, from + , compare 🇨🇬 from. The preposition is still used in some Jutlandic dialects in the same sense.

Pronunciation

 * , (at the end of a clause)

Preposition

 * 1) on

Adverb

 * 1) on

Etymology
of, compare 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) on
 * 2) on, against, touching; hanging from or being attached to (a vertical surface)
 * 3) on (a certain day)
 * 4) at (some abstract concepts)
 * 5) at (concerning time)
 * 6) in (a language or dialect)
 * 1) at (some abstract concepts)
 * 2) at (concerning time)
 * 3) in (a language or dialect)
 * 1) at (concerning time)
 * 2) in (a language or dialect)
 * 1) in (a language or dialect)

Adverb

 * 1)  turned on; functioning

Etymology
of, compare 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * (Sognamål)
 * (Sognamål)

Preposition

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

Adverb

 * 1)  turned on; functioning
 * Fjernsynet står på
 * The television is on

Etymology
From and.

Preposition

 * 1) on
 * 2) in
 * 3) to (direction)
 * Davai på skip kom
 * Come on, come to the ship
 * 1) at
 * 2) of (belonging)

Etymology
, from. Compare 🇨🇬, formed in a similar way from.

Preposition

 * 1) on, on top of; touching from above
 * 2) on, against, touching; hanging from or being attached to (a vertical surface)
 * 3) on (a certain day)
 * 4) at (some abstract concepts, and locations associated more with their purpose than architecture)
 * 5) in (a language)
 * 6) in (part of the day, time of day)
 * 7) of (part of an object)
 * 1) at (some abstract concepts, and locations associated more with their purpose than architecture)
 * 2) in (a language)
 * 3) in (part of the day, time of day)
 * 4) of (part of an object)
 * 1) in (a language)
 * 2) in (part of the day, time of day)
 * 3) of (part of an object)
 * 1) in (a language)
 * 2) in (part of the day, time of day)
 * 3) of (part of an object)
 * 1) in (a language)
 * 2) in (part of the day, time of day)
 * 3) of (part of an object)
 * 1) of (part of an object)
 * 1) of (part of an object)

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. See also the usage notes for.

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 på nålen above is interchangeable with nålens öga.

Adjective

 * 1)  turned on; functioning

Declension
Invariable, only used predicatively.

Derived terms

 * lägga på sig
 * lägga på sig
 * lägga på sig
 * lägga på sig
 * lägga på sig
 * lägga på sig