Swedish adjective· top 500 most common

fin

smart, fine, elegant, good/fiːn/

Meaning

smart; fine; elegant; good; excellent; slender; thin; subtle

In Swedish: snygg, vacker

Forms

Forms of fin
Basic form	fin	with en-words
Neuter	fint	with ett-words
Plural and definite	fina	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	finare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	finast	“-est”, “most …”

Practise fin

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What does fin mean?

fin in a sentence

en fin kostym
a smart suit
en fin bil
a smart car
en fin chans
a good chance
en fin insats
a good effort
en fin affär
a good deal
en fin tråd
a fine thread
fint snus
fine-cut snuff
ge någon en fin vink
give someone a subtle (gentle) reminder

Words built with fin

finmalen finely ground

Questions

What does fin mean in English?

fin means “smart, fine”.

Similar words

prydligsnyggvälklädd

Where the course teaches it

Origin

Since at least the 16th century, from French fin.

Nearby common words

fin is number 396 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

392kropp body, trunk
393plan plan, map
394dotter daughter
395lika equal
397redo ready, prepared
398mej me, pronunciation spelling of mig
399älskling darling
400gången gone, past

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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