till slut

Swedish

Etymology

till (“to”) +‎ slut (“end”)

Adverb

till slut (not comparable)

1. in the end

   Vi var hopplöst vilse ett tag, men till slut kom vi fram

   We were hopelessly lost for a while, but in the end we got there

   Till slut blev han tvungen att erkänna sig besegrad

   In the end, he had to admit defeat ("Had to admit himself defeated," idiomatic. "Eventually" also works as a translation.)

2. eventually

   Tigrarna åt upp dom en efter en, och till slut var de bara två. Skulle de överleva?

   The tigers ate them one by one, and eventually there were only two of them left. Were they going to make it?

See also

• i slutändan (“ultimately, in the end, at the end of the day”)
• sent omsider (“at long last”)
• så småningom (“eventually”)
• till sist (“eventually (after a long delay)”)
• äntligen (“at last, finally”)

References

• slut in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• slut in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• slut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)