Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett finger

finger/ˈfɪŋːɛr/

Meaning

finger

In Swedish: en del av handen

Forms

Forms of finger
Singular, indefinite	ett finger
Singular, definite	fingret
Plural, indefinite	fingrar
Plural, definite	fingrarna

finger is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort finger, det stora fingret. Check another noun

Practise finger

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Is it en finger or ett finger?

Words built with finger

fingeravtryck fingerprint
fingertopp fingertip
pekfinger index finger

Questions

What does finger mean in English?

finger means “finger”.

Is it en finger or ett finger?

It is ett finger, and “the finger” is fingret.

What is the plural of finger?

The plural of finger is fingrar, and the definite plural is fingrarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish finger, from Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós.

Nearby common words

finger is number 1,216 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,212vis way
1,213pågå be going on
1,214låda box
1,215uppgift information, task
1,217helig holy
1,218maskin machine
1,219frukost breakfast
1,220gode a priest, godi (local chieftain on Iceland)

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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