på sistone

Swedish

Etymology

From på +‎ sistone (obsolete feminine dative singular definite form of sista), literally “on the last”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poː²sɪsˌtɔnɛ/

Adverb

på sistone (not comparable)

  1. lately
    Synonyms: på senaste tiden, på sista tiden
    Var har du varit på sistone?
    Where have you been lately?

Usage notes

Often misinterpreted as having the ordinal number ending -onde which it doesn't have, hence the mispronunciation /poː²sɪsˌtɔndɛ/ and the misspelling på sistonde. This also applies with åtminstone and i förstone which are the only two other terms that end in -one.

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