Swedish preposition· top 5,000 most common
ovanför
above
Meaning
above
In Swedish: över
Practise ovanför
1 / 1What does ovanför mean?
ovanför in a sentence
- ovanför dörrenabove the door
- ovanför vattenytanabove the surface of the water
Questions
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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