No. 168 in Swedish

långt

"Far" or "long" (referring to distance or extent).

In a sentence

Jag sprang långt idag.
I ran far today.
Used to describe distance.
Hur långt är det till närmaste affär?
How far is it to the nearest store?
Used to query distance.
Det var länge sedan vi träffades, det känns som om det var långt bort i tiden.
It's been a long time since we met; it feels like it was far away in time.
Used metaphorically to describe temporal distance.

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