Swedish preposition · adverb · conjunction · adjective· top 100 most common

efter

after, later, for/ˈɛftɛr/

efter as a preposition

Meaning

after; later; for

In Swedish: senare än; bakom

efter as an adverb

Meaning

after, next, following

efter as a conjunction

Meaning

after

In Swedish: sedan

efter as an adjective

Meaning

slow (from notion of behind others)

Practise efter

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What does efter mean?

efter in a sentence

  • efter kriget
    after the war
  • han stod efter mig i kön
    he stood behind me in the queue
  • han kom tillbaka efter en timme
    he came back an hour later
  • han kom efter det att festen hade börjat
    year after year
  • städa efter sig
    to clean up after oneself
  • längta efter (någon)
    long for (sby)
  • söka efter (någon)
    look for (sby)
  • sträva efter (att)
    strive for, aim at
  • tänka efter
    consider, reflect, think
  • ge efter (för)
    give way (to), yield (to)

Expressions

  • anpassa sig efter (någons önskemål)
    adapt to (sby's wishes)
  • sjunga efter noter
    sight-read

Questions

What does efter mean in English?

efter means “after, later”.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Norse eptir

Nearby common words

efter is number 95 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 91prata talk
  • 92hans his
  • 93aldrig never
  • 94än yet, still
  • 96sen since, then, late
  • 97inget none, no one
  • 98ju of course, why
  • 99ditt your, yours, you (vocative determiner used before a singular neuter gender noun)
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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