Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en kändis

celebrity

Meaning

celebrity

In Swedish: känd person

Forms

Forms of kändis
Singular, indefiniteen kändis
Singular, definitekändisen
Plural, indefinitekändisar
Plural, definitekändisarna

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

Practise kändis

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Is it en kändis or ett kändis?

Questions

What does kändis mean in English?

kändis means “celebrity”.

Is it en kändis or ett kändis?

It is en kändis, and “the celebrity” is kändisen.

What is the plural of kändis?

The plural of kändis is kändisar, and the definite plural is kändisarna.

Origin

From känd + -is.

Nearby common words

kändis is number 3,700 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