innan

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈíː.nːaːn]

Noun

īnnān (animate)

1. third-person plural possessive singular of nāntli; (she is) their mother.

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Faroese

Preposition

innan

1. (with accusative) inside
2. (with accusative) before

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnːan/

  Rhymes: -ɪnːan

Adverb

innan (not comparable)

1. inside, on the inside, within

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse innan.

Preposition

innan

1. before, within

   Du lyt levera papira innan fristen i morgon.

   You must hand in the papers before the deadline tomorrow.

2. inside, within

Derived terms

• innanfor
• innanlandsk

See also

• innen (Bokmål)

References

• “innan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Etymology

A variant of inne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.nɑn/

Adverb

innan

1. within

Preposition

innan

1. within

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *innanē, akin to inn +‎ -an.

Adverb

innan

1. from within, from an internal part
2. internally, within

Descendants

• Icelandic: innan
• Faroese: innan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: innan
• Norwegian Bokmål: innen
• Swedish: innan
• Danish: inden

Preposition

innan

1. (with genitive) within

References

• “innan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From inna.

Preposition

innan

1. within

Adverb

innan

1. inside
2. indoors

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse innan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɪnan/

• Audio:

  (file)

Conjunction

innan

1. before (earlier than in time)

Preposition

innan

1. (sometimes proscribed) before (earlier than in time)
   • 2011, Daniel Kederstedt, “En uppgörelse som kom i grevens tid [An agreement in the nick of time]”, in Svenska Dagbladet ‎^[1]:

     Utfallet spelar troligtvis mindre roll då politikerna fortsätter att försöka hamra fram det kompromissförslag som förhoppningsvis kan klubbas igenom innan måndagen.

     The outcome is likely to play a less important role as politicians continue to try to hammer out the compromise proposal that hopefully can be pushed through before Monday.

Usage notes

A normative rule in Swedish has earlier been that innan is a subjunction and must be followed by a subordinate clause, whereas före is the prepositional equivalent, except for a few fixed expressions. However, the usage of innan as a temporal preposition is now accepted.

References

• innan in Svensk ordbok (SO)