Swedish adverb· top 500 most common

fram

forward, up, out, along/fram/

Meaning

forward; up; out; along; late, later; there

In Swedish: i riktning från en plats som ligger längre bort eller är skymd

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What does fram mean?

fram in a sentence

gräva fram
dig out
stiga fram
come forward, come out
promenera vägen fram
walk along the road
fram på dagen
late in the morning
hinna fram i tid
get there (arrive) in time
De gick fram genom skogen
They walked forward [forth] through the forest [redundant in Swedish as well, but not as unidiomatic]
Hären marscherade fram
The army marched forward/forth

Questions

What does fram mean in English?

fram means “forward, up”.

Origin

From Old Norse fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram.

Nearby common words

fram is number 289 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

285vilja want
286sitt his, her
287kör choir
288varje every
290liten small, short
291minut minute, minutia, sundry
292först first, at first
293kalla call, summon

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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