Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en cancer

cancer

Meaning

cancer

In Swedish: kräfta, elakartad svulst, tumör

Forms

Forms of cancer
Singular, indefinite	en cancer
Singular, definite	cancern
Plural, indefinite	cancrar
Plural, definite	cancrarna

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

Practise cancer

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Is it en cancer or ett cancer?

Words built with cancer

bröstcancer breast cancer
cancerpatient cancer patient
cancerframkallande carcinogenic

Questions

What does cancer mean in English?

cancer means “cancer”.

Is it en cancer or ett cancer?

It is en cancer, and “the cancer” is cancern.

What is the plural of cancer?

The plural of cancer is cancrar, and the definite plural is cancrarna.

Nearby common words

cancer is number 1,925 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,921nyfiken curious
1,922likadant similarly; in the same manner
1,923usel wretched
1,924förklaring explanation, declaration
1,926koppling coupling, connection
1,927närma approach, to move closer (to), to approach
1,928platsa fit in, qualify for a position
1,929sömn sleep

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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