Swedish adjective
föregående
previous, precedingAlso the present participle of föregå.
Meaning
previous; preceding
In Swedish: som ligger före något annat i tiden
Practise föregående
1 / 1What does föregående mean?
föregående in a sentence
- föregående dagthe previous day
- Jag håller med föregående talareI agree with the previous speaker
- På föregående sidor har vi diskuterat svensk grammatikIn the preceding pages, we have discussed Swedish grammar
Questions
What does föregående mean in English?
föregående means “previous, preceding”.
Origin
present participle of föregå (“precede”)
Nearby common words
föregående is number 9,853 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,849brudklänning a wedding dress, a wedding gown, a bridal dress
- 9,850närhelst whenever
- 9,851hjärntumör brain tumor
- 9,852fåna behave foolishly
- 9,854angriparen attacker
- 9,855haltar limping
- 9,856ös intensity, energetic speediness; a positive attribute given to for example music or parties
- 9,857skanner scanner, alternative spelling of scanner
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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

