Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en engelsman

an Englishman (person from England)/ˈɛŋɛlsˌman/

Meaning

an Englishman (person from England)

Forms

Forms of engelsman
Singular, indefiniteen engelsman
Singular, definiteengelsmannen
Plural, indefiniteengelsmän
Plural, definiteengelsmännen

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

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Is it en engelsman or ett engelsman?

engelsman in a sentence

  • Jag är engelsman
    I'm an Englishman / English [see vara for why there is no article]
  • två engelsmän
    two Englishmen
  • Jag är en engelsman i New York
    I'm an Englishman in New York [sounds more natural with an article/count here – skipping the article brings the tone closer to "I'm English in New York"]

Questions

What does engelsman mean in English?

engelsman means “an Englishman (person from England)”.

Is it en engelsman or ett engelsman?

It is en engelsman, and “the an Englishman” is engelsmannen.

What is the plural of engelsman?

The plural of engelsman is engelsmän, and the definite plural is engelsmännen.

Nearby common words

engelsman is number 4,315 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. Browse the dictionary