Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en ambition

ambition

Meaning

ambition

In Swedish: stark önskan (att lyckas)

Forms

Forms of ambition
Singular, indefiniteen ambition
Singular, definiteambitionen
Plural, indefiniteambitioner
Plural, definiteambitionerna

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

Practise ambition

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Is it en ambition or ett ambition?

ambition in a sentence

  • det är min ambition att göra ett bra lexikon
    it's my ambition to produce a good dictionary
  • ha konstnärliga ambitioner
    have artistic ambitions

Words built with ambition

  • ambitionsnivå level of ambition

Questions

What does ambition mean in English?

ambition means “ambition”.

Is it en ambition or ett ambition?

It is en ambition, and “the ambition” is ambitionen.

What is the plural of ambition?

The plural of ambition is ambitioner, and the definite plural is ambitionerna.

Origin

Borrowed from French ambition.

Nearby common words

ambition is number 4,747 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