Swedish adverb· top 5,000 most common

dock

yet, nevertheless, still; however/dɔkː/

Meaning

yet, nevertheless, still; however

In Swedish: i alla fall, ändå, likväl

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What does dock mean?

dock in a sentence

  • tåget går dock inte på torsdagar
    the train does not go on Thursdays, however
  • Om jag än måste dö med dig, så skall jag dock förvisso icke förneka dig.
    Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee (Matthew 26:35)
  • Dock, natt skall icke förbliva där nu ångest råder.
    Nevertheless the dimness [shall] not [be] such as [was] in her vexation (Isaiah 9:1)
  • Man river åt sig till höger och förbliver dock hungrig, man tager för sig till vänster och bliver dock ej mätt
    And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied (Isaiah 9:20)

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What does dock mean in English?

dock means “yet, nevertheless, still; however”.

Similar words

fast änlikvälemellertid

Origin

From Old Swedish doch, dogh, dog, thoch, thok, tog, from Middle Low German doch, from Old Saxon thōh‚ from Proto-West Germanic *þauh.

Nearby common words

dock is number 2,356 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,352gränsa abut, border (on)
  • 2,353skräp trash, junk
  • 2,354ledning management, pipe
  • 2,355löst solved
  • 2,357utomjording an alien, an extraterrestrial
  • 2,358odjur monster, beast
  • 2,359beroende dependent on
  • 2,360fotboll soccer (US), football (UK); a team sport, football; the ball used in any game called football/soccer; if not clarified, usually the ball in association football.
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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