Swedish preposition · adverb · adjective· top 100 most common
på
on, in, during, of/poː/
på as a preposition
Meaning
on; in; during; of; at; after
In Swedish: i anslutning till, ovanpå
på as an adverb
Meaning
at etc.
In Swedish: (i riktning) mot
på as an adjective
Meaning
turned on; functioning
Practise på
1 / 1What does på mean?
på in a sentence
- på Gotlandon (the island of) Gotland
- boken ligger på bordetthe book is on the table
- på landetin the country
- på nattenat (in the) night
- på torsdagon Thursday
- på höstenin the autumn
- jag åt inte på en veckaI didn't eat for a week
- Tänk inte på mig!Don't think of (about) me!
- se (el. titta) pålook at
- köra på en bildrive into a car
Expressions
- vara på det klara medbe clear (about sth.)
- på det hela tagetall in all
- på andra hållelsewhere
- på grund avbecause of, on account of
- vara på väg ("hålla på") att försvinnabe on the way to (in the process of) disappearing, dying out
- på lång siktin the long term
- vad står på?what's going on?
Questions
What does på mean in English?
på means “on, in”.
Similar words
villigkungen
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish prepositions of positionComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Saying there is in Swedish with finnsComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish verbs of position: ligger, stårComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The Swedish verb att veta (to know)Complete Swedish – Season 1
- Tycker om versus gillar in SwedishComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish prepositions: på and tillComplete Swedish – Season 1
Origin
Rebracketing of uppå, from Old Norse upp á.
Nearby common words
på is number 11 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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

