mellan

mellan in a sentence

• affären är öppen mellan 9 och 18
  The shop is open between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
• mellan Göteborg och Malmö
  between Gothenberg and Malmö
• vägen gick mellan höga berg
  the road led between high mountains
• samarbetet mellan centern och folkpartiet
  cooperation between the Centre and Liberal parties
• välja mellan två onda ting
  choose between two evils
• jämlikhet mellan könen
  equality of the sexes
• skillnaden mellan rika och fattiga länder
  the difference between rich and poor countries

Expressions

• läsa mellan raderna
  read between the lines
• se mellan fingrarna med
  turn a blind eye to
• sätta sig mellan två stolar
  fall between two stools
• ett samtal mellan fyra ögon
  a conversation in private

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish mællom, mællan, mællin, mælle, millom, from Old Norse miðlum.

Nearby common words

mellan is number 430 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 426släppa release, leave hold of
• 427heller nor, neither
• 428rolig funny
• 429fara go
• 431skada hurt, injure
• 432ifrån from
• 433timme an hour (time period of sixty minutes), an hour (of the day)
• 434senare later, latter; related to or being the second of two items