sen

sen as an adverb

sen in a sentence

• hon kom för sent
  she came too late
• våren är sen i år
  spring is late this year
• sent på kvällen
  late in the evening
• vid denna sena timme
  at this late hour
• en sen kväll
  a late evening
• Jag är redan sen till ett möte
  I’m already late for a meeting
• Först gjorde vi si, och sen gjorde vi så
  First we did like this, and then we did like that

Questions

Similar words

försenad

Where the course teaches it

• Swedish words medan (while) and sedan (since)
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• Swedish phrases for making plans
  Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Norse seinn (“late”).

Nearby common words

sen is number 96 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 92hans his
• 93aldrig never
• 94än yet, still
• 95efter after, later
• 97inget none, no one
• 98ju of course, why
• 99ditt your, yours, you (vocative determiner used before a singular neuter gender noun)
• 100vänta wait, expect