VOCAB.RS

van

ван

/ʋân/

Ru

PREPOSITION

(+ gen.) outside; out of

Živimo van grada, blizu Pančeva. — We live outside the city, near Pančevo.

Ne javljam se na telefon van radnog vremena. — I don't answer the phone outside working hours.
ADVERB

(with verbs of motion) out; outside

Izbaci to smeće van. — Take that rubbish out.

Pas stalno hoće van. — The dog keeps wanting to go out.

The preposition van takes the genitive: van kuće, van zemlje "abroad".

Synonyms:

izvan napolje napolju

Antonyms: unutra, unutar

Expressions

van sebe — beside oneself
staviti van snage — to repeal; to annul