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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en kanin

rabbit/kaniːn/

Meaning

rabbit

In Swedish: ett hardjur av släktet Oryctolagus

Forms

Forms of kanin
Singular, indefiniteen kanin
Singular, definitekaninen
Plural, indefinitekaniner
Plural, definitekaninerna

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

Practise kanin

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Is it en kanin or ett kanin?

kanin in a sentence

  • Han klappade den gulliga kaninen
    He petted the cute rabbit
  • Mina kaniner gillar morötter och att skutta runt
    My rabbits like carrots and hopping around
  • Kaninen knaprade på en morot
    The rabbit nibbled on a carrot

Words built with kanin

  • kaninpest myxomatosis
  • dvärgkanin small breed of rabbit

Questions

What does kanin mean in English?

kanin means “rabbit”.

Is it en kanin or ett kanin?

It is en kanin, and “the rabbit” is kaninen.

What is the plural of kanin?

The plural of kanin is kaniner, and the definite plural is kaninerna.

Similar words

långöra

Origin

From Middle Low German kanīn, konīn, from Old French connin, connil, from Latin cuniculus.

Nearby common words

kanin is number 2,203 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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