Swedish conjunction

såväl

as well

Meaning

as well

Practise såväl

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What does såväl mean?

såväl in a sentence

  • Det Nisse sysslar med är olagligt såväl som omoraliskt
    What Nisse is doing is illegal as well as immoral
  • På festivalen finns karuseller såväl som prova på-aktiviteter och mycket annat [som är] roligt
    At the festival, there are carousels as well as try-out activities and lots of other fun things to do [and a lot of other things [that are] fun (or, "other stuff [that is] fun, " which is closer to the intuition, with a singular)]
  • Bulnader uppstodo på spåmännen såväl som på alla andra egyptier (archaic language)
    Boils appeared on the magicians as well as on all the other Egyptians (Exodus 9:11)
  • Såväl gamla som unga mår bra av daglig motion
    Both old and young benefit from [feel good from] daily exercise / Old as well as young benefit from daily exercise

Expressions

  • såväl ... som
    ...as well as...

Questions

What does såväl mean in English?

såväl means “as well”.

Origin

så + väl

Nearby common words

såväl is number 8,061 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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