fler

fler in a sentence

• ännu fler attentat väntas
  even more attacks are expected
• De var många, men vi var fler.
  They were many, but there were more of us.
• De flesta kan läsa.
  Most [people] can read.
• Jag plockade fler äpplen än Anna, men Sven plockade flest äpplen.
  I picked more apples than Anna, but Sven picked even more apples.
• Sven plockade de flesta äpplena, så blev det inte så många kvar till Anna och mig.
  Sven picked most of the apples [from the tree], so not many were left to Anna and me.

Words built with fler

• flerfaldig many, numerous

Questions

Similar words

ytterligare

Origin

From Old Swedish flere, flæster, from Old Norse fleiri, from Proto-Germanic *flaizô, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“full, many”).

Nearby common words

fler is number 437 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 433timme an hour (time period of sixty minutes), an hour (of the day)
• 434senare later, latter; related to or being the second of two items
• 435lilla small
• 436syster sister
• 438gärna gladly, willingly
• 439igenom through
• 440lätt light, gentle
• 441peng coin