det vill säga

Swedish

Alternative forms

Adverb

det vill säga (not comparable)

  1. that is, that is to say, as in
    • 1907, Selma Lagerlöf, “Kråkorna [The Crows]”, in Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige [Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey Across Sweden] I‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 18 September 2025:
      [Somliga för] ett hederligt liv, det vill säga, att de bara [äter] frön, maskar, larver och redan döda djur.
      Some lead honorable lives—that is to say, they only eat seeds, worms, caterpillars, and dead animals.
    • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Markusevangeliet [Mark] 3:17”, in Bibel 2000‎[2], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 18 September 2025:
      [Han] gav [dem] namnet Boanerges, det vill säga Åskans söner.
      He gave them the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder.

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