Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en fröken

Miss/ˈfrøːkɛn/

Meaning

Miss

In Swedish: ogift kvinna, flicka

Forms

Forms of fröken
Singular, indefiniteen fröken
Singular, definitefröken
Plural, indefinitefröknar
Plural, definitefröknarna

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

Practise fröken

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Is it en fröken or ett fröken?

fröken in a sentence

  • fröken Anna Andersson
    Miss Anna Andersson
  • Vill fröken ha kaffe?
    Would you like some coffee, Miss?
  • Fröken Andersson kom och hälsade på
    Miss Andersson came to visit
  • Fröken! Jag behöver hjälp.
    Teacher! I need help.
  • Våran fröken är jättesnäll!
    Our teacher is super nice!
  • Ursäkta fröken, skulle vi kunna få notan, tack?
    Excuse me Miss, could we have the bill, please?
  • Hon är en envis liten fröken
    She is a stubborn little miss
  • Fröken Sverige
    Miss Sweden

Questions

What does fröken mean in English?

fröken means “Miss”.

Is it en fröken or ett fröken?

It is en fröken, and “the Miss” is fröken.

What is the plural of fröken?

The plural of fröken is fröknar, and the definite plural is fröknarna.

Similar words

lärarinna

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish fröken, from Middle Low German vröuken, vrouwicken, diminutive of vrûwe, vrouwe (“woman, lady”), from Old Saxon frūa, from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā.

Nearby common words

fröken is number 1,102 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