Swedish adverb · adjective· top 500 most common

inne

inside, in/ˈinˌnɛ/

inne as an adverb

Meaning

inside; in

In Swedish: inuti, på insidan

inne as an adjective

Meaning

in

In Swedish: moderiktig, populär

Practise inne

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What does inne mean?

inne in a sentence

  • inne i staden
    in the city
  • inne i bilen
    inside the car
  • Han är inne i huset
    He's inside the house
  • Inne i grottan lever en björn
    A bear lives inside the cave
  • Han är inne på klubben
    He's inside the club (på is often used for a building one is normally inside for a particular reason, where the emphasis is less on the building itself)
  • Ska vi äta inne eller ute?
    Should we eat indoors or outdoors?
  • det är inne att cykla
    it's 'in' to ride a bicycle
  • Det är inne med vattensäng
    Waterbeds are in

Expressions

  • tiden är inne
    the time is ripe
  • sitta inne
    do time

Words built with inne

  • inneställe in-spot

Questions

What does inne mean in English?

inne means “inside, in”.

Similar words

hettinvändigtinomhuspopulärpoppis

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish inne, from Old Norse inni.

Nearby common words

inne is number 379 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. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary