av

av as an adverb

av as an adjective

av in a sentence

• av en slump
  by chance
• tavlan är målad av Chagall
  the picture is by Chagall
• i början av 50-talet
  at the beginning of the fifties
• bordet är av björk
  the table is (made) of birch
• uthyrning av lägenheter
  letting of flats
• Jag fick den av Tomas.
  I got it from Tomas. (Tomas gave it to me.)
• Huset målades av honom.
  The house was painted by him.
• Bordet är av trä.
  The table is (made) of wood.
• stänga av en kran
  turn off a tap
• blåsa av en tävling
  blow the final whistle, bring (the match, contest, etc.) to an end, stop

Expressions

• det blev ingenting av med resan
  the trip never came off
• av o. an
  to and fro
• av o. till
  every now and then
• rent av
  quite simply, actually, even

Questions

Similar words

itu

Where the course teaches it

• The Swedish verb att bli (to become)
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Bli (to become) and Swedish emotion words
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• The Swedish passive voice with -s
  Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

Nearby common words

av is number 33 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 29göra do, make
• 30ni you
• 31ska will, be going to, (except not formal in tone, but a literal match for meaning) shall, is to; (in the past tense "skulle") were to; was to (Usually not sensible translations, but will provide the right intuition in some tricky cases – see below.)
• 32ett a, an, one
• 34veta know
• 35hon she
• 36komma come, arrive
• 37vill want