viss

viss in a sentence

• vissa av deltagarna
  some of the participants
• under en viss tid
  for a given time
• ett visst område
  a given area
• en viss Mr X
  a certain Mr. X
• vara viss om att lyckas
  be sure about winning
• Experterna har nu blivit vissa om olyckans orsaker.
  The experts have now become certain regarding the causes of the accident.
• I vissa avseenden, fungerar det inte.
  In some ways, it doesn't work.

Expressions

• i viss mån
  to a certain extent
• i vissa fall
  in some (certain) cases
• på vissa håll
  in some quarters

Words built with viss

• visshet certainty

Questions

Similar words

säker

Origin

From Old Norse viss, from Proto-Germanic *(ga)wissaz.

Nearby common words

viss is number 512 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 508dessa these
• 509sakna miss, lack
• 510skydda preserve, protect
• 511fixa arrange, fix
• 513val election, choice
• 514sticka knit, prick
• 515önska wish
• 516nå reach