Breakdown of Var och en förbinder sig härmed att följa lagen.
att
to
följa
to follow
var och en
each one
lagen
the law
härmed
hereby
förbinda sig
to commit oneself
Questions & Answers about Var och en förbinder sig härmed att följa lagen.
How does härmed work in this sentence, and what does it literally mean?
Härmed is a formal adverb made by combining här (here) and med (with). In official or legal contexts like this one, it means 'by means of this document' or 'hereby'. It signals that the very act of stating the sentence is what creates the legal commitment.
Why use var och en instead of just alla for 'everyone'?
While alla refers to 'everyone' as a collective group, var och en translates more closely to 'each and every one'. It is frequently used in formal, legal, or binding texts to emphasize that the responsibility falls on each individual person. Note that it functions as grammatically singular.
Why is the reflexive pronoun sig used here?
The verb förbinda sig is a reflexive verb meaning 'to commit oneself' or 'to pledge'. Because the subject var och en acts as a third-person singular entity, it requires the third-person reflexive pronoun sig.
Could härmed be placed at the beginning of the sentence?
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