Swedish preposition· top 5,000 most common

ovanför

above

Meaning

above

In Swedish: över

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What does ovanför mean?

ovanför in a sentence

ovanför dörren
above the door
ovanför vattenytan
above the surface of the water

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What does ovanför mean in English?

ovanför means “above”.

Origin

From Old Swedish ovan for.

Nearby common words

ovanför is number 2,637 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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2,641kliv stride

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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