Appendix:Swedish adverbs

See also Category:Swedish adverbs

Note This is a reference page that is meant to contain all possible Swedish adverbs whether common, rare, dialectal, archaic or teoretical. Learners of Swedish are strongly recommend to see the respective pages for accurate information about current and recommended usage.

Adverbs of cause

Answers the question varför? "why?".

Swedish	English
därav	thence
därför	hence, so, therefore
därför att	because
härav	hence

Adverbs of comment

Provides a comment, or opinion about a situation.

Swedish	English
lyckligtvis	fortunately, luckily

Adverbs of degree

Answers the question hur mycket/många? "how much/many?".

Swedish	English
mycken	much
mycket	much

Adverbs of direction

See also #Adverbs of location

Answers the question varifrån/vart? "where from/to?".

Swedish	English
nordvart	northward, northwards
norrut	northward, northwards

Adverbs of frequency

Answers the question hur ofta? "how often?".

Swedish	English
aldrig	never
alltid	always
emellanåt	at intervals, at times, occasionally, sometimes
ibland	sometimes
nästan aldrig	hardly ever
ofta	oft, often, frequently
sällan	infrequently, seldom, rarely
vanligen	generally, usually
vanligt	usually
vanligtvis	usually

Adverbs of location

See also #Adverbs of direction

Answers the question var? "where?".

Swedish	English
norråt	northward/northwards

Adverbs of manner

Answers the question hur? "how?".

Swedish	English
dåligt	badly, poorly
snabbt	quickly

Adverbs of sequence

Sequences events in time.

Swedish	English
därnäst	next
därpå	after that, afterwards, subsequently, then
efteråt	afterwards
först	first
sedan	after that, afterwards, later, later on, then
sedermera	afterwards, later on

Adverbs of time

See also #Adverbs of frequency

See also #Adverbs of sequence

Answers the question när? "when?".

Swedish	English
i förfjol	year before last
i fjol	last year
igår	yesterday
i morse	this morning
idag	today
i morgon bitti	tomorrow morning
imorgon	tomorrow
imorron	tomorrow

Interrogative adverbs

Swedish	English
hur	how
när	when
var	where
varifrån	whence, where from
vart	whither, where to
varthän	whither, where to
varför	why

Introductory adverbs

Swedish	English
där	there
här	here

Relative adverbs

Swedish	English
dit	where
där	there
varefter	whereupon
vari	in which