VART

Vart is a Swedish interrogative adverb used to ask about destination, roughly equivalent to “to where” in English. It is used with verbs of motion to inquire about where someone is going or where something is headed. For example, in standard Swedish you would ask “Vart ska du resa?” meaning “Where are you going to travel?” or “Vart ska vi gå?” meaning “Where should we go?” The word functions as a directional counterpart to var, which asks about location or position.

In Swedish grammar, vart typically denotes direction or destination, while var asks about location. The distinction is part of the standard grammar, though usage can vary by speaker and region. In some dialects or in casual speech, speakers may substitute vart with var in questions about destination, but prescriptive norms generally treat vart as the appropriate form for asking where toward something is going.

Beyond its role in language, vart may appear as a surname or in place names in Nordic countries, though it is relatively uncommon as a proper noun. It is not a widely used term outside Swedish linguistics and everyday language, and it does not correspond to a common English word with a separate semantic domain.

See also: var (Swedish), interrogatives in Swedish, motion verbs in Swedish.