Swedish adverb· top 500 most common
just
just, exactly/jɵst/
Meaning
just; exactly
In Swedish: precis, exakt
Practise just
1 / 1What does just mean?
just in a sentence
- Just det!Exactly!
- just som vi hade börjat äta knackade det på dörrenjust as we began to eat, a knock sounded at the door
- jag har inte tid just nuI don't have time right now
- Jag kom just hemI just got home
- just nuright now
- Det var just vad jag ville ha!That's just what I wanted!
- Det är just det som är problemetThat's precisely the problem
Questions
What does just mean in English?
just means “just, exactly”.
Similar words
Where the course teaches it
Origin
Borrowed from French juste.
Nearby common words
just is number 211 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