Swedish adverb · adjective · noun

föga

(very) little

föga as an adverb

Meaning

(very) little

In Swedish: obetydligt, inte mycket

föga as an adjective

Meaning

(very) little

In Swedish: obetydlig

föga as a noun

Meaning

yield, give in, submit

föga in a sentence

  • föga hjälpsam
    of little help
  • Det är föga förvånande
    It is hardly surprising
  • ett föga använt ord
    a little-used word
  • föga framgång
    little success

Expressions

  • falla till föga
    climb down, give in

Questions

What does föga mean in English?

föga means “(very) little”.

Similar words

i liten gradringaknapptobetydligobetydligtlitet

Origin

From Old Swedish fögha, fögho, föghe (“fitting, ingenious, moderate, slight, little”); like Danish føje from Middle Low German vôge (“appropriate, moderate”), from Old Saxon fogian.

Nearby common words

föga is number 7,014 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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