Swedish adverb· top 2,000 most common
nyss
just now/nʏs/
Meaning
just now
In Swedish: för en liten stund sedan
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nyss in a sentence
- jag såg honom alldeles nyssI saw him just now (just a moment ago)
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What does nyss mean in English?
nyss means “just now”.
Similar words
Origin
From ny (“new”) + -s (“adverbial suffix”).
Nearby common words
nyss is number 1,129 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 1,125match game, match
- 1,126rosa pink, rose
- 1,127å pronunciation spelling of och (“and”)
- 1,128innebära involve, mean
- 1,130spara to save, to store for future use, to save; write to a disc
- 1,131pari par (value equalling the face value)
- 1,132hota threaten, menace
- 1,133blåljuga to lie outright, to lie through one's teeth
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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