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
1 / 1What does inne mean?
inne in a sentence
- inne i stadenin the city
- inne i bileninside the car
- Han är inne i husetHe's inside the house
- Inne i grottan lever en björnA bear lives inside the cave
- Han är inne på klubbenHe'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 cyklait's 'in' to ride a bicycle
- Det är inne med vattensängWaterbeds are in
Expressions
- tiden är innethe time is ripe
- sitta innedo time
Words built with inne
- inneställe in-spot
Questions
What does inne mean in English?
inne means “inside, in”.
Similar words
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

