"Räven har varit framme igen."

Translation: The fox has been out again.

[Jenny549209]

The question here is: who let the fox out?

[samulili]

Is this is an idiom?

[Zmrzlina]

Also native, I'd agree with Mygrapefruit. It's not idiomatic, it's offering an explanation.

EDIT: a year later, I think I'll have to revise what I said. I think it is idiomatic, since "vara framme" in this sense mean "to be at it" or something like that.

[jwbards]

Is "The fox has been at it again" accepted? I'll try it if I run across the sentence again. That'd definitely be something we might say when finding the dead chickens ... although I think there'd be a couple additional adjectives applied to the fox.

[Arnauti]

Yes it is, and I agree it's a good translation.

[ouzun]

This is a footnote in wiktionary:
komma fram (arrive) = vara framme (be there), just like komma hem (come home) = vara hemma (be at home).

[wotintarnations]

Native here, I don't think so. I've only heard it being expressed after people's chickens have been eaten. Google also only bring up forums about chickens, hehe.

[Kristin373941]

What exactly does framme mean?

[devalanteriel]

It can mean either "in the front", or "there" as in having arrived.

[patryyyyck]

are framme and framöt 100% synonims?

[devalanteriel]

Do you mean framåt? No, that means "forward", "onwards", etc.

[MihailDimitrov]

'The fox arrived again'?

[GwennanWil]

Why does "the fox has been by again" not fit here?

[ZQLztm7J]

So 'The fox was there again' is a good translation?