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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
förr + än (“yet”). Cognate with Danish førend.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
förrän
- until, before, ere
- Du får inte gå förrän du gjort klart allt arbete.
- You can not go until you have finished all work.
- Sjelf solen syns ej, förrän himlen klaras. (translation by Carl Rupert Nyblom)
- The sun itself sees not till heaven clears. (Shakespeare, Sonnet 148)
- Om kärlek näres af musik, så fortfar / Och hör ej upp förrän af frosseri / Begäret sjuknar in och sedan dör. (translation by Hagberg)
- If music be the food of love, play on; / Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken, and so die. (Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, opening lines)
Usage notes
- Only used in negative clauses; otherwise, innan is used.
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