Swedish noun

en gröngöling

green woodpecker, Picus viridis, a rookie, a greenhorn, a Junior Woodchuck (member of a fictional scouting organization appearing in Disney comics and the DuckTales animated television franchise)

Meaning

green woodpecker, Picus viridis; a rookie, a greenhorn; a Junior Woodchuck (member of a fictional scouting organization appearing in Disney comics and the DuckTales animated television franchise)

Forms

Forms of gröngöling
Singular, indefiniteen gröngöling
Singular, definitegröngölingen
Plural, indefinitegröngölingar
Plural, definitegröngölingarna

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

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Is it en gröngöling or ett gröngöling?

gröngöling in a sentence

  • Gröngölingarna
    the Junior Woodchucks

Questions

What does gröngöling mean in English?

gröngöling means “green woodpecker, Picus viridis, a rookie, a greenhorn”.

Is it en gröngöling or ett gröngöling?

It is en gröngöling, and “the green woodpecker” is gröngölingen.

What is the plural of gröngöling?

The plural of gröngöling is gröngölingar, and the definite plural is gröngölingarna.

Origin

grön + göling, equivalent to grön + gul + -ing, gröngul + -ing or grön + guling

Nearby common words

gröngöling is number 8,553 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