ibland

This is the 974th most frequent Swedish word.

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ibland

"Sometimes."


The word 'ibland' indicates an occasional frequency, meaning 'sometimes', and is used within the sentence to describe how often the action occurs.

Jag går ibland till biblioteket.

I sometimes go to the library.


Here, 'ibland' describes an intermittency in occurrence, emphasizing that snow starting to fall in November happens on some occasions but not always.

Snön faller ibland redan i november.

The snow sometimes falls already in November.


In this case, 'ibland' highlights the occasional nature of the difficulty, indicating that the difficulty doesn't happen all the time but sporadically.

Det är ibland svårt att förstå.

It is sometimes difficult to understand.