Swedish adverb · preposition· top 1,000 most common

utanför

outside/ˈʉːtanˌføːr/

utanför as an adverb

Meaning

outside

In Swedish: på utsidan

utanför as a preposition

Meaning

outside

In Swedish: på utsidan av

Practise utanför

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What does utanför mean?

utanför in a sentence

  • I köpcentret är det varmt men utanför är det kallt.
    In the mall it's warm but outside it's cold.
  • Den avgörande straffen sköts utanför!
    The final penalty was shot outside!
  • utanför dörren
    outside the door
  • Utanför köpcentret är det kallt
    Outside the mall, it's cold.

Expressions

  • stå utanför
    be out of it

Questions

What does utanför mean in English?

utanför means “outside”.

Nearby common words

utanför is number 567 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