Swedish conjunction · preposition· top 500 most common

tills

until/tɪls/

tills as a conjunction

Meaning

until

In Swedish: till den tidpunkt då

tills as a preposition

Meaning

until

In Swedish: fram till (en tidpunkt)

Practise tills

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What does tills mean?

tills in a sentence

vänta här tills jag kommer
wait here until I come back
Kan du vänta tills i morgon?
Can you wait until tomorrow?

Expressions

tills vidare
until further notice

Questions

What does tills mean in English?

tills means “until”.

Origin

Contraction of Old Swedish til þäs.

Nearby common words

tills is number 336 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

332fall case, fall
333tag grip, stroke
334fem five
335ensam lonely, alone
337öga eye
338skriva write
339natt night
340nya new

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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