Swedish noun

en balkong

balcony

Meaning

balcony

In Swedish: öppet utrymme som skjuter ut från väggen i ett hus

Forms

Forms of balkong
Singular, indefiniteen balkong
Singular, definitebalkongen
Plural, indefinitebalkonger
Plural, definitebalkongerna

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

Practise balkong

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Is it en balkong or ett balkong?

Words built with balkong

  • balkongräcke (balcony) parapet
  • piskbalkong balcony for beating carpets, etc.

Questions

What does balkong mean in English?

balkong means “balcony”.

Is it en balkong or ett balkong?

It is en balkong, and “the balcony” is balkongen.

What is the plural of balkong?

The plural of balkong is balkonger, and the definite plural is balkongerna.

Origin

Borrowed from French balcon, from Italian balcone.

Nearby common words

balkong is number 5,014 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