Swedish adverb

visserligen

certainly

Meaning

certainly

In Swedish: det ska medges

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What does visserligen mean?

visserligen in a sentence

  • han är visserligen liten men väldigt stark
    he is small, it is true, but very strong
  • Det gör visserligen att jag blir nästan två timmar för tidigt där, men bättre det och slippa regnet.
    Certainly it will cause me to be there almost two hours early, but rather that and avoid the rain.

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What does visserligen mean in English?

visserligen means “certainly”.

Origin

Partly from Old Swedish visselika, partly from Middle Low German wisseliken.

Nearby common words

visserligen is number 6,673 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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