Swedish noun

en kanel

cinnamon

Meaning

cinnamon

In Swedish: ett slags sötaktig, brun krydda

Forms

Forms of kanel
Singular, indefiniteen kanel
Singular, definitekanelen

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

Practise kanel

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Is it en kanel or ett kanel?

kanel in a sentence

  • Kanel är gott på risgrynsgröt
    Cinnamon is good on rice pudding

Words built with kanel

  • kanelbulle cinnamon bun
  • kanelbrun cinnamon-coloured

Questions

What does kanel mean in English?

kanel means “cinnamon”.

Is it en kanel or ett kanel?

It is en kanel, and “the cinnamon” is kanelen.

Where the course teaches it

Nearby common words

kanel is number 10,001 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. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary