Swedish adverb· top 100 most common

igen

back, again

Meaning

back; again

In Swedish: ännu en gång, åter; tillbaka

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What does igen mean?

igen in a sentence

  • sommarn är här igen
    summer is here again
  • kom igen om en vecka
    come back in a week
  • Han slängde igen dörren
    He slammed the door ("threw shut the door")
  • Han sparkade igen dörren
    He kicked the door shut

Expressions

  • ge igen
    retaliate
  • slå igen dörren
    slam the door
  • känna igen
    recognize
  • ta igen
    make good

Questions

What does igen mean in English?

igen means “back, again”.

Similar words

åter

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Norse í gegn (“against”), from í (“in, on”) and gegn (“straight, direct”).

Nearby common words

igen is number 80 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 76tack thanks, thank you, please (to add politeness)
  • 77få get, receive
  • 78sa said
  • 79in into
  • 81behöva need, want
  • 82mitt my, in the middle (at or around the middle, spatially or more abstractly), (often) right
  • 83nåt syncopic form of något (“something, anything”)
  • 84mycket very much, greatly
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