än

än as a conjunction

än in a sentence

• Har du inte gått än?
  Haven't you gone yet?
• än så länge klarar jag mig
  I'm still managing
• än i dag
  even today
• vad som än händer
  whatever happens
• hur gärna jag än ville
  however much I want to
• Är du kvar än?
  Are you still here?
• Det är inte midnatt än
  It is not midnight yet
• Än så är det vinter
  It is still winter
• hon är äldre än jag/mig
  she is older than me
• jag är längre än min bror
  I am taller than my brother

Expressions

• än sen då?
  what of it?, so what?

Questions

Where the course teaches it

• Comparing things in Swedish with mer än
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish comparatives with -are and -ast
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish word order with time expressions
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish past tense: -te and -de endings
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• Swedish comparatives review: smartare, smartast
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• Swedish verbs for love, hate and like
  Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Norse enn, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí.

Nearby common words

än is number 94 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 90lite little, some; a small amount
• 91prata talk
• 92hans his
• 93aldrig never
• 95efter after, later
• 96sen since, then, late
• 97inget none, no one
• 98ju of course, why