Swedish adverb· top 2,000 most common

genast

immediately

Meaning

immediately

In Swedish: omedelbart, ögonblickligen

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What does genast mean?

genast in a sentence

Kom genast hit!
Come here at once!

Questions

What does genast mean in English?

genast means “immediately”.

Similar words

på direktenpå en gångögonaböjomedelbartomgåendepå momangenbumsdirekt

Origin

From Old Swedish genast, originally superlative of gen (“short”), as in "in the shortest time".

Nearby common words

genast is number 1,283 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,279slänga throw, toss
1,280prov trial, test, experiment, examination
1,281present present
1,282mormor a maternal grandmother
1,284misslyckas fail
1,285förstod understood
1,286försvara defend
1,287äldre older, elderly

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