Swedish noun

en fångenskap

imprisonment, captivity, confinement

Meaning

imprisonment; captivity; confinement

In Swedish: ofrihet

Forms

Forms of fångenskap
Singular, indefinite	en fångenskap
Singular, definite	fångenskapen

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

Practise fångenskap

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Is it en fångenskap or ett fångenskap?

fångenskap in a sentence

sitta i fångenskap
be in captivity

Questions

What does fångenskap mean in English?

fångenskap means “imprisonment, captivity”.

Is it en fångenskap or ett fångenskap?

It is en fångenskap, and “the imprisonment” is fångenskapen.

Origin

From Old Swedish fanginskaper, from Middle Low German vangenschop, equivalent to fången + -skap.

Nearby common words

fångenskap is number 8,486 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,482företaga alternative form of företa
8,483översvämning a flood; flooding
8,484nysa sneeze
8,485befrielse release, exemption
8,487invigning opening, inauguration
8,488kläcka hatch
8,489kringgå evade
8,490placering place

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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