Swedish number · pronoun· top 5,000 most common

varannan

every other

varannan as a number

Meaning

every other

In Swedish: varje udda el. varje jämn

varannan as a pronoun

Meaning

every other (every second)

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What does varannan mean?

varannan in a sentence

varannan dag
every second (other) day
vartannat år
every second (other) year
Vi träffas varannan vecka
We meet every other week

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What does varannan mean in English?

varannan means “every other”.

Origin

var (“every”) + annan (“other”)

Nearby common words

varannan is number 3,475 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,471baron baron
3,472galenskap madness
3,473packad drunk
3,474utgå assume, start
3,476zon zone
3,477förändrad changed
3,478avvakta await
3,479flydd escaped, gone, past (times)

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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