både

både in a sentence

• både det ena och det andra
  both one thing and the other
• både framåt och bakåt
  both backwards and forwards
• Ta med både den lilla och den stora.
  Bring both the little one and the big one.

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Origin

From Old Swedish bāþe, from Old Norse báðir (“both”), from Proto-Germanic *bai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₁.

Nearby common words

både is number 998 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 994känt sensed
• 995team team
• 996alldeles perfectly, altogether
• 997kontakta contact
• 999fot foot
• 1,000skuld debt, amount due
• 1,001tillfälle occasion, moment
• 1,002park park, fleet