Swedish adverb· top 1,000 most common
förr
before
Meaning
before
In Swedish: förut, tidigare
Practise förr
1 / 1What does förr mean?
förr in a sentence
- förr kunde man äta lunch för en femmaone used to be able to buy a lunch for five kronor
- ju förr desto bättrethe sooner the better
- Det var bättre förrIt was better before (things used to be better)
- Förr i tiden var det inte lättIt wasn't easy back in the day.
- Förr eller senare händer det.Sooner or later it will happen.
- Förr offrar han sin högra hand.He'd rather sacrifice his right hand.
Expressions
- förr eller senaresooner or later
- förr i tiden (eller världen)in former times
Questions
What does förr mean in English?
förr means “before”.
Similar words
fordomförut
Origin
From Old Swedish fyr, from Old Norse fyrr, from Proto-Germanic *furiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *furi, *furai.
Nearby common words
förr is number 835 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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