fast

fast as a conjunction

fast as an adverb

fast in a sentence

• fast konsistens
  firm consistency
• en fast grund att bygga på
  a firm foundation to build on
• fast tjänst
  permanent job
• fasta normer
  fixed standards
• Bankrånaren är nu fast.
  The bank robber has now been caught (by the police).
• Ge mig en fast punkt, och jag skall flytta världen.
  Give me one fixed spot, and I'll move the world.
• Den är för vattnig. Jag önskar att den hade en fastare konsistens.
  It's too watery. I wish it had a firmer consistency.
• fasta tillståndets fysik
  solid state physics
• jag gör det fast jag inte vill
  I'll do it, though I don't want to
• Det gick bra fast de inte hade övat i förväg
  It went well even though they hadn't practiced beforehand

Words built with fast

• väggfast fixed to the wall

Questions

Similar words

orubbligkompaktstadig

Origin

From Old Swedish faster, from Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology.

Nearby common words

fast is number 347 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 343riktigt really
• 344ändå still, yet
• 345hemma home, at home
• 346ny new
• 348galen mad, crazy
• 349hörd heard (listened to), interrogated (short for förhörd)
• 350tänk Expresses (mild) thoughtful amazement.
• 351fatta understand, get