Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en övning

exercise

Meaning

exercise

In Swedish: det att öva, träning

Forms

Forms of övning
Singular, indefinite	en övning
Singular, definite	övningen
Plural, indefinite	övningar
Plural, definite	övningarna

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

Practise övning

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övning in a sentence

övning ger färdighet
practice makes perfect

Words built with övning

övningsuppgift exercise
militärövning military exercise
skrivövning written exercise

Questions

What does övning mean in English?

övning means “exercise”.

Is it en övning or ett övning?

It is en övning, and “the exercise” is övningen.

What is the plural of övning?

The plural of övning is övningar, and the definite plural is övningarna.

Similar words

träningexercispraktik

Origin

öva + -ning

Nearby common words

övning is number 2,909 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,905best brute, beast
2,906reporter reporter
2,907positiv positive
2,908borda board
2,910skyddad protected
2,911utväg way out
2,912tungt heavy, heavily
2,913sök search

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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