fjärde

Fjärde is the Swedish ordinal numeral for the number four. It marks the fourth item in a sequence or the fourth position in a set, for example den fjärde platsen (the fourth place), fjärde gången (the fourth time), or den fjärde april (the fourth of April). In Swedish, ordinals are used with nouns to indicate order, and fjärde agrees with the noun in number and definiteness, as in en fjärde gång, det fjärde huset, or den fjärde dagen.

Etymology and cognates show that fjärde originated in Old Norse fjórði and belongs to the broader Germanic family. It is cognate with Danish fjerde and Norwegian fjerde, and is related to the English word fourth. The form reflects the historical sound changes in the Swedish language that shaped the set of ordinal numbers from första to tionde.

Grammatical usage in Swedish follows the general pattern for ordinals: fjärde is used as an adjective to modify a noun and can appear in definite or indefinite constructions. It is part of a standard sequence of ordinals used in dates, measurements, rankings, and enumerations. In everyday speech and writing, fjärde is common in contexts such as fjärde veckan, fjärde kapitlet, or den fjärde dagen.

See also: ordinal numerals in Swedish, including första, andra, tredje, femte, sjätte, and so on. The system continues beyond fjärde to express higher positions in ordered lists and time-oriented references.