nakon

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From na- + Proto-Slavic *konъ (“end”) (compare Old Church Slavonic конь (konĭ, “end”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎkon/
• Hyphenation: na‧kon

Preposition

nàkon (Cyrillic spelling на̀кон) (+ genitive case)

1. after, afterwards

   nakon nekoliko dana ― after several days

   nakon toga ― afterwards, then

   nakon čega ― whereupon, subsequently

   Nakon što ju je ugledao po prvi put, nije mogao skinuti oči s nje. ― After he saw her for the first time, he couldn't take his eyes off her.

Synonyms

• poslije

References

• “nakon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024