an
an as an adverb
Meaning
used as a verb particle, similar to German preposition an (“at, in, on, to”)
In Swedish: i riktning mot; fram
an as a preposition
Meaning
to
Practise an
1 / 1What does an mean?
an in a sentence
- gå av och anwalk up and down
Questions
What does an mean in English?
an means “used as a verb particle, similar to German preposition an (“at, in, on, to”)”.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle Low German an and German an, and less commonly from English on, from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, at”), cognate with English on and doublet of Swedish å, Swedish på.
Nearby common words
an is number 1,627 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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