Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en ägare

owner/ˈɛːˌɡarɛ/

Meaning

owner

In Swedish: person som äger (något), innehavare

Forms

Forms of ägare
Singular, indefiniteen ägare
Singular, definiteägaren
Plural, indefiniteägare
Plural, definiteägarna

ägare is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor ägare, den stora ägaren. Check another noun

Practise ägare

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Is it en ägare or ett ägare?

ägare in a sentence

  • vara ägare till en bil
    be the owner of a car

Words built with ägare

  • villaägare houseowner
  • ägaransvar responsibility of ownership

Questions

What does ägare mean in English?

ägare means “owner”.

Is it en ägare or ett ägare?

It is en ägare, and “the owner” is ägaren.

What is the plural of ägare?

ägare doesn't change in the plural: en ägare, två ägare (definite: ägarna).

Similar words

innehavare

Origin

äga + -are

Nearby common words

ägare is number 1,746 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary