Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett förnuft

reason, sense

Meaning

reason; sense

In Swedish: tankeförmåga, förstånd

Forms

Forms of förnuft
Singular, indefinite	ett förnuft
Singular, definite	förnuftet

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

Practise förnuft

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Is it en förnuft or ett förnuft?

förnuft in a sentence

sunt förnuft
common sense
Bruka ditt förnuft!
Use your head!
sunt (sound) förnuft
common sense

Words built with förnuft

förnuftsmässig sensible

Questions

What does förnuft mean in English?

förnuft means “reason, sense”.

Is it en förnuft or ett förnuft?

It is ett förnuft, and “the reason” is förnuftet.

Origin

From German Vernunft.

Nearby common words

förnuft is number 3,769 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,765utländsk foreign
3,766vaka sit (stay) up
3,767kvitto receipt
3,768bitter acrimonious, bitter
3,770granat shell
3,771mobiltelefon a cell phone, a mobile phone
3,772gränd alley
3,773troligtvis probably

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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