Swedish adverb · preposition· top 5,000 most common

utifrån

from outside

utifrån as an adverb

Meaning

from outside

In Swedish: från en plats utanför huset (el. företaget el. landet etc); externt

utifrån as a preposition

Meaning

on the basis of

In Swedish: (med utgångspunkt) från

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What does utifrån mean?

utifrån in a sentence

skaffa folk utifrån
get people from outside
jag bedömer saken utifrån mina erfarenheter
I judge the matter on the basis of my experience

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What does utifrån mean in English?

utifrån means “from outside”.

Origin

ut + ifrån = Old Swedish ut i fran

Nearby common words

utifrån is number 3,239 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,235piano piano
3,236strumpa stocking, sock
3,237delstat federated state; a state in a federation.
3,238spilla spill
3,240mån degree
3,241antyda hint, suggest
3,242efternamn surname, family (last) name
3,243patetisk pathetic

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary