Swedish adjective· top 1,000 most common

hungrig

starving, hungry/ˈhɵŋˌrɪ(ɡ)/

Meaning

starving; hungry

In Swedish: som känner hunger, svulten, sugen

Forms

Forms of hungrig
Basic form	hungrig	with en-words
Neuter	hungrigt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	hungriga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	hungrigare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	hungrigast	“-est”, “most …”

Practise hungrig

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What does hungrig mean?

hungrig in a sentence

en hungrig blick
a hungry stare

Questions

What does hungrig mean in English?

hungrig means “starving, hungry”.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish hungrogher, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz.

Nearby common words

hungrig is number 893 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

889grabba catch, to grab
890allvarligt serious, seriously
891avsluta complete, finish
892låna borrow, lend
894kär in love, dear
895duktig good, capable
897uppfattat affirmative! yessir!
898kallas is called, nick-named

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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