Swedish adverb· top 500 most common

redan

already

Meaning

already

In Swedish: så här (oväntat) tidigt

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What does redan mean?

redan in a sentence

  • Är du redan färdig?
    Have you finished already?
  • vi har redan börjat
    we have already begun
  • redan om en vecka
    in a week at the latest
  • redan som ung
    even when young
  • redan 1828
    as early (long ago) as 1828
  • Jag har redan gjort det
    I 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

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