Swedish adverb· top 5,000 most common

nämligen

namely, for

Meaning

namely; for

In Swedish: närmare bestämt

Practise nämligen

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What does nämligen mean?

nämligen in a sentence

  • boken handlar om en bristvara, nämligen oljan
    the book is about a commodity in short supply, namely oil
  • jag kunde inte komma -- jag var nämligen sjuk
    I couldn't come -- I was sick, you see

Questions

What does nämligen mean in English?

nämligen means “namely, for”.

Similar words

alltså

Origin

From Low German nemlik + -en

Nearby common words

nämligen is number 4,066 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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