Swedish preposition· top 1,000 most common

förutom

apart from, aside from

Meaning

apart from, aside from

In Swedish: utom, med undantag av

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What does förutom mean?

förutom in a sentence

förutom att hon kan sjunga (så) kan hon också spela basfiol
apart from being able to sing, she can also play the double bass

Questions

What does förutom mean in English?

förutom means “apart from, aside from”.

Similar words

bortsett frånundantagen

Origin

för- + utom

Nearby common words

förutom is number 902 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

898kallas is called, nick-named
899hotell hotel
900dan constituted in a certain manner
901skog wood, forest
903stjäla steal
904naturligtvis of course
905istället instead of, instead
906drink drink

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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