Swedish adjective· top 1,000 most common

förra

former

Meaning

former

In Swedish: förutvarande; tidigare

Practise förra

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What does förra mean?

förra in a sentence

  • den förre presidenten
    the former president
  • i förra veckan
    last week
  • Den bilen ser inte något vidare ut, låt oss titta på den förra igen istället
    That car doesn't look very nice, let us instead have a look at the last one again
  • förra året
    last year
  • Det förra kapitlet
    The first chapter

Questions

What does förra mean in English?

förra means “former”.

Similar words

tidigareförutvarande

Origin

From Old Swedish fyrre, from Old Norse fyrri, from Proto-Germanic *furizô, comparative of Proto-Germanic *furi, *furai.

Nearby common words

förra is number 738 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary