Swedish adverb· top 100 most common

aldrig

never/²alːdrɪ(ɡ)/

Meaning

never

In Swedish: inte någon gång

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What does aldrig mean?

aldrig in a sentence

jag går aldrig på bio
I never go to the cinema (the movies)
sällan eller aldrig
seldom or never
aldrig tidigare
never before
Jag har aldrig sett det förr.
I've never seen that before.
Malin ljuger aldrig.
Malin never lies.

Questions

What does aldrig mean in English?

aldrig means “never”.

Where the course teaches it

Få versus kan: permission in Swedish
Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

From Old Norse aldri, aldrigi.

Nearby common words

aldrig is number 93 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

89ge give
90lite little, some; a small amount
91prata talk
92hans his
94än yet, still
95efter after, later
96sen since, then, late
97inget none, no one

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary