Swedish adverb· top 500 most common
ibland
sometimes, among/ɪˈblanː(d)/
Meaning
sometimes; among
In Swedish: då och då, emellanåt
Practise ibland
1 / 1What does ibland mean?
ibland in a sentence
- vi åker till Stockholm iblandsometimes we go to Stockholm
Questions
What does ibland mean in English?
ibland means “sometimes, among”.
Similar words
då och dåstundvistidvisav och tillstundomtill och frånalltemellanåtemellanåt
Where the course teaches it
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Origin
From i (“in”) + bland (“mixture”).
Nearby common words
ibland is number 425 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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