Swedish adverb· top 500 most common
redan
already
Meaning
already
In Swedish: så här (oväntat) tidigt
Practise redan
1 / 1What does redan mean?
redan in a sentence
- Är du redan färdig?Have you finished already?
- vi har redan börjatwe have already begun
- redan om en veckain a week at the latest
- redan som ungeven when young
- redan 1828as early (long ago) as 1828
- Jag har redan gjort detI have already done it
- Är ni redan här? Det var tidigt.Are you already here? That's early.
Questions
What does redan mean in English?
redan means “already”.
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish past tense verb conjugationComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The Swedish verb att bli (to become)Complete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish past tense: -te and -de endingsComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish words ending in -portComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish vocabulary for family, cafe and restaurantComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish phrases for making plansComplete Swedish – Season 2
Origin
From Old Swedish redho, redha, from Middle Low German rede; see the related reda for more.
Nearby common words
redan is number 268 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

