Swedish noun

en klump

lump

Meaning

lump

In Swedish: stort oformligt stycke

Forms

Forms of klump
Singular, indefiniteen klump
Singular, definiteklumpen
Plural, indefiniteklumpar
Plural, definiteklumparna

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

Practise klump

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Is it en klump or ett klump?

Expressions

  • få en klump i halsen
    get a lump in one's throat
  • redovisa i klump
    report as a group

Words built with klump

  • lerklump lump of clay
  • klumpsumma lump sum

Questions

What does klump mean in English?

klump means “lump”.

Is it en klump or ett klump?

It is en klump, and “the lump” is klumpen.

What is the plural of klump?

The plural of klump is klumpar, and the definite plural is klumparna.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German klumpe, from Old Saxon *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô.

Nearby common words

klump is number 8,042 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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