annan

annan in a sentence

• med andra ord
  in other words
• på andra håll
  elsewhere
• vi har ett och annat att prata om
  we've got one or two things to talk about
• hon är allt annat än snäll
  she is anything but kind
• nu ska det bli annat av
  now something else is going to happen
• bland annat
  among other things, inter alia
• om inte annat (så)
  the least (you can do is to ...)
• gång efter annan
  time and time again, again and again

Expressions

• å andra sidan
  on the other hand
• ett och annat
  a little bit of everything
• en och annan ("ett mindre antal") besökare
  a handful of ("a few") visitors

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish annar (accusative annan), from Old Norse annarr, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ánteros.

Nearby common words

annan is number 256 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 252borta away, out
• 253hallå hello
• 254bil car, motorcar
• 255familj family
• 257lyssna listen
• 258mår feel
• 259ur from, out of
• 260far father