Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

evig

eternal, persistent, never-ending, everlasting

Meaning

eternal, persistent, never-ending, everlasting

In Swedish: som varar för alltid, ändlös

Forms

Forms of evig
Basic form	evig	with en-words
Neuter	evigt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	eviga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de

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What does evig mean?

evig in a sentence

Det var ett evigt tjat!
Stop that nagging!
för evig tid
for ever

Questions

What does evig mean in English?

evig means “eternal, persistent, never-ending, everlasting”.

Similar words

konstantoändligändlösbeständigständig

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish ævigher, borrowed from Middle Low German êwich; related to Old Norse ævi.

Nearby common words

evig is number 1,180 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,176gravid pregnant
1,177skrika scream, call out
1,178stiftsstad A see city, an episcopal see; a city that is the seat of a bishop.
1,179extra extra
1,181öra ear
1,182domare judge; referee, umpire
1,183stack went, left
1,184kyla cool, chill

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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