Om ikke annet kan reisefølget bruke gassblusset.

If nothing else, the travel party can use the gas burner.

Breakdown of Om ikke annet kan reisefølget bruke gassblusset.

• kunne: can
• bruke: to use
• gassblusset: the gas burner
• reisefølget: the travel party

Questions & Answers about Om ikke annet kan reisefølget bruke gassblusset.

What does om ikke annet mean here?

It is an idiomatic expression meaning something like if nothing else, at least, or if for no other reason.

Literally:

• om = if
• ikke annet = nothing else / not anything else

So the phrase introduces a kind of fallback idea: even if other options are unavailable, this one still remains.

Why is om used here? I thought om usually meant about.

Om can mean different things depending on context. Two very common uses are:

• about
• if

In this sentence, om means if. That use is especially common in fixed expressions like om ikke annet.

So here it is not talking about something; it is introducing a condition.

Why is the word order kan reisefølget bruke instead of reisefølget kan bruke?