Swedish adjective · adverb · preposition· top 5,000 most common
ovan
unaccustomed, unused/ˈuːˌvɑːn/
ovan as an adjective
Meaning
unaccustomed; unused
In Swedish: inte van, oerfaren
Forms
| Basic form | ovan | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | ovant | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | ovana | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | ovanare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | ovanast | “-est”, “most …” |
ovan as an adverb
Meaning
above
In Swedish: på en plats högre upp
ovan as a preposition
Meaning
above
In Swedish: över, ovanför
Practise ovan
1 / 1What does ovan mean?
ovan in a sentence
- en ovan miljöunfamiliar surroundings (environment)
- Han är en ovan förare som är ovan vid att köra nattetid.He is an inexperienced driver who's not used to driving at night.
- de ovan framförda kraventhe demands set out above
- Se bilden ovan.See the image above.
- ovan jordabove ground
- Ovan molnen är himlen alltid blå.Above the clouds, the sky is always blue.
Expressions
- (en röst) från ovan(a voice) from above
Questions
What does ovan mean in English?
ovan means “unaccustomed, unused”.
Similar words
Origin
From o- + van.
Nearby common words
ovan is number 4,848 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,844lobby vestibule, lobby
- 4,845mässa mass, trade fair
- 4,846morgondag tomorrow; Archaic or poetic the day after today., figuratively and/or generally about an unspecified future, most often used in definite singular genitive, i.e. morgondagens. Also a future unspecified day, especially en morgondag.
- 4,847härliga lovely
- 4,849katolsk Catholic
- 4,850skapelse creation, making
- 4,851armband bracelet
- 4,852höst fall (US), autumn
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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

