Swedish preposition · conjunction · adverb· top 500 most common
utan
without/ˈʉːˌtan/
utan as a preposition
Meaning
without
In Swedish: i avsaknad av, saknande
utan as a conjunction
Meaning
but
In Swedish: men
utan as an adverb
Meaning
outside
Practise utan
1 / 1What does utan mean?
utan in a sentence
- vara utan matbe without food
- han smög sig fram utan att bli seddhe crept forward without being seen
- Vad hade jag gjort utan dig?What would I do without you?
- inte bara i Sverige utan också utomlandsnot only in Sweden but also abroad
- Huset är inte rött utan blått.The house is not red but blue.
- Jag känner honom utan och innan.I know him inside out. (literally, “outside and inside.”)
Expressions
- utan tvekanwithout doubt
- utan tvivelwithout doubt
- utan vidarejust like that
- (känna någon) utan och innan(know someone) inside out
Questions
What does utan mean in English?
utan means “without”.
Origin
From Old Swedish ūtan, from Old Norse útan.
Nearby common words
utan is number 173 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

