fastän

fastän in a sentence

• Han gick till skolan fastän hans mamma sagt nej.
  He went to school even though his mother had said no.
• båten seglade vidare, fastän nu under grekisk flagg
  the boat sailed on, although under a Greek flag
• han kom inte fastän jag hade påmint honom
  although I had reminded him, he didn't come
• Jag följde med till pizzerian fastän jag inte var hungrig
  I went along [followed with] to the pizzeria even though I wasn't hungry
• Fastän ung har hon redan åstadkommit mycket
  Although young, she has already accomplished a lot

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Origin

From obsolete use of fast as an intensifier (compare fast asleep and firmly as an intensifier in English) + än (“yet”).

Nearby common words

fastän is number 5,155 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 5,151fullmakt power of attorney, authorization
• 5,152fänrik second lieutenant
• 5,153tvåa second, two
• 5,154bakväg a path (to or from something) that is not the main path, like a back door
• 5,156bevakning guarding, surveillance
• 5,157pannkaka a pancake (thin batter cake), a flop, a fiasco (total failure)
• 5,158affisch placard, poster, bill
• 5,159exklusiv exclusive, select