såväl
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See also: saval
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]såväl
- (with som (“as”)) as well (as) (and also and equally)
- Det Nisse sysslar med är olagligt såväl som omoraliskt
- What Nisse is doing is illegal as well as immoral
- På festivalen finns karuseller såväl som prova på-aktiviteter och mycket annat [som är] roligt
- At the festival, there are carousels as well as try-out activities and lots of other fun things to do [and a lot of other things [that are] fun (or, "other stuff [that is] fun," which is closer to the intuition, with a singular)]
- Bulnader uppstodo på spåmännen såväl som på alla andra egyptier (archaic language)
- Boils appeared on the magicians as well as on all the other Egyptians (Exodus 9:11)
- (with som (“as”)) both ... and (equally)
- Såväl gamla som unga mår bra av daglig motion
- Both old and young benefit from [feel good from] daily exercise / Old as well as young benefit from daily exercise
Usage notes
[edit]Corresponds to "As well old as young ..." in (sense 2), except ungrammatical or archaic in English.