Swedish noun

en fattigdom

poverty

Meaning

poverty

In Swedish: brist på pengar, nöd, elände

Forms

Forms of fattigdom
Singular, indefiniteen fattigdom
Singular, definitefattigdomen

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

Practise fattigdom

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Is it en fattigdom or ett fattigdom?

Words built with fattigdom

  • fattigdomsbevis admission of failure

Questions

What does fattigdom mean in English?

fattigdom means “poverty”.

Is it en fattigdom or ett fattigdom?

It is en fattigdom, and “the poverty” is fattigdomen.

Origin

fattig + -dom

Nearby common words

fattigdom is number 6,157 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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