Swedish adverb
emellanåt
occasionally, sometimes
Meaning
occasionally; sometimes
In Swedish: ibland, då och då
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emellanåt in a sentence
- pensionärerna tog sig emellanåt en svängomevery now and then the pensioners took to the floor
Questions
What does emellanåt mean in English?
emellanåt means “occasionally, sometimes”.
Similar words
till och frånstundomav och tillibland
Origin
e- + mellan (“between”) + åt, used since 1526.
Nearby common words
emellanåt is number 8,543 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,539överseende indulgence
- 8,540fåfänga vanity, folly
- 8,541telefonkiosk a telephone booth
- 8,542avvara spare
- 8,544express express
- 8,545fusion amalgamation, merger
- 8,546missfall miscarriage
- 8,547mumla mumble
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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