Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common
tidig
early
Meaning
early
In Swedish: som är i början av en viss period
Forms
| Basic form | tidig | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | tidigt | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | tidiga | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | tidigare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | tidigast | “-est”, “most …” |
Practise tidig
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tidig in a sentence
- aldrig tidigare hade hon upplevt något sådantnever before had she been through anything like that
- på ett tidigt stadiumat an early stage
- hon kom för tidigtshe arrived too early
- vi åt en tidig lunchwe ate an early lunch
- Jag tog en tidig lunch idag, så jag har redan ätit.I took an early lunch today, so I've already eaten.
- Tidningsbudet var ovanligt tidigt idag - tidningen hade kommit redan innan jag vaknade.The paperboy was unusually early today - the newspaper had arrived already before I woke up.
- Goethe var en tidig romantiker.Goethe was an early romanticist.
- John tyckte egentligen om tidiga morgnar, men sov oftast igenom dem.John actually liked early mornings, but usually slept through them.
Questions
What does tidig mean in English?
tidig means “early”.
Origin
From Old Norse tíðligr and Middle Low German tidelik, related to tid.
Nearby common words
tidig is number 2,048 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

