Swedish noun

en fallskärm

a parachute (device designed to control the fall of a person or object)/ˈfalˌɧɛrm/

Meaning

a parachute (device designed to control the fall of a person or object)

Forms

Forms of fallskärm
Singular, indefiniteen fallskärm
Singular, definitefallskärmen
Plural, indefinitefallskärmar
Plural, definitefallskärmarna

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

Practise fallskärm

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Is it en fallskärm or ett fallskärm?

Questions

What does fallskärm mean in English?

fallskärm means “a parachute (device designed to control the fall of a person or object)”.

Is it en fallskärm or ett fallskärm?

It is en fallskärm, and “the a parachute” is fallskärmen.

What is the plural of fallskärm?

The plural of fallskärm is fallskärmar, and the definite plural is fallskärmarna.

Origin

falla + skärm

Nearby common words

fallskärm is number 5,873 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