Swedish noun

en känsel

feeling

Meaning

feeling

In Swedish: förmåga att känna beröring, kyla etc

Forms

Forms of känsel
Singular, indefiniteen känsel
Singular, definitekänseln

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

Practise känsel

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Is it en känsel or ett känsel?

Questions

What does känsel mean in English?

känsel means “feeling”.

Is it en känsel or ett känsel?

It is en känsel, and “the feeling” is känseln.

Origin

Derived from känna (“to feel, to touch, to perceive”), used since the 1600s.

Nearby common words

känsel is number 7,312 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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