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Icelandic frequency list

No. 430 in Icelandic

seinni

"Seinni" means "later" or "the latter" in English.

In a sentence

  • Seinni bíllinn er blár.

    The second car is blue.

    In this sentence, 'seinni' indicates the order (the second in a sequence).

  • Ég kem seinni, ekki bíða eftir mér.

    I will come later, don't wait for me.

    Here, 'seinni' is used to mean 'later' in terms of time.

  • Við vorum ósammála um seinni helming bókarinnar.

    We disagreed about the latter half of the book.

    In this case, 'seinni' refers to the later part in a division (the latter half).

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