Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

tillfällig

temporary

Meaning

temporary

In Swedish: övergående, provisorisk

Forms

Forms of tillfällig
Basic form	tillfällig	with en-words
Neuter	tillfälligt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	tillfälliga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	tillfälligare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	tillfälligast	“-est”, “most …”

Practise tillfällig

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What does tillfällig mean?

tillfällig in a sentence

tillfälliga bestämmelser
temporary regulations

Questions

What does tillfällig mean in English?

tillfällig means “temporary”.

Similar words

temporärmomentanprovisorisk

Origin

Partly from Middle Low German tōvallich, tōvellich from tōval (“occasion, instance”) + -ich and partly from tillfälle + -ig.

Nearby common words

tillfällig is number 4,543 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,539utomjordisk extraterrestrial
4,540ökad increase
4,541vilt wildly, wildly, furiously, fiercely
4,542gin gin (liquor)
4,544container container
4,545poet poet
4,546täckning backing, coverage
4,547girig miserly, greedy

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