nedanför

Nedanför is a Swedish preposition meaning below or beneath. It describes a position that is lower in vertical relation to a reference point, and it is typically used with a noun phrase to specify location.

The word is commonly used in everyday speech as well as in maps, architectural descriptions, and technical or descriptive texts. It emphasizes a spatial relation that is directly underneath or lower than something else, rather than distance alone. For example, phrases such as "bilen står nedanför huset" or "huset ligger nedanför klippan" convey that the referenced object is located at a lower level relative to the other object.

Nedanför contrasts with other spatial terms such as ovanför (above) or under (a more general term for beneath). While overlap can occur with the synonym under, nedanför is often preferred when the speaker wants to express a precise vertical ordering in relation to a known landmark.

In Norwegian and Danish, cognate forms such as nedenfor exist with similar meaning, reflecting shared Nordic linguistic roots. Nedanför is widely understood across Swedish-speaking regions and appears in both formal and informal contexts.

See also: ovanför, under, spatial relation terms in Swedish.