Swedish adjective

klen

thin, frail, feeble, weak

Meaning

thin; frail; feeble; weak

In Swedish: tunn, späd

Forms

Forms of klen
Basic form	klen	with en-words
Neuter	klent	with ett-words
Plural and definite	klena	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	klenare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	klenast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does klen mean?

klen in a sentence

ett klent intresse
little interest
hon är ännu för klen för att kunna resa
she is still too weak to travel
Om man inte kan lyfta tunga grejer är man klen
If you can't lift heavy stuff, you're weak
klena armar
weak arms
klena väggar
weak walls
en klen motor
a weak engine
Jag kände mig lite klen
I felt a little weak
en klen tröst
little comfort

Questions

What does klen mean in English?

klen means “thin, frail”.

Similar words

bräckligskralvekspädsvagkraftlös

Nearby common words

klen is number 8,032 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,028mjukvara software
8,029huvudsak (the) main thing, (the) primary thing
8,030maktlös powerless
8,031dop baptism
8,033reservat reserve
8,034skivbolag record labels, record company
8,035mila charcol fire, a charcoal stack, an earth kiln
8,036skymt glimmer, suspicion

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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