Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en ko

cow/kuː/

Meaning

cow

In Swedish: ett husdjur som ger mjölk

Forms

Forms of ko
Singular, indefiniteen ko
Singular, definitekon
Plural, indefinitekor
Plural, definitekorna

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

Practise ko

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Is it en ko or ett ko?

ko in a sentence

  • Kon säger mu
    The cow says moo
  • råmande kor
    mooing cows
  • mjölka en ko
    milk a cow
  • Många kor bor i stall under vinterhalvåret
    Many cows live in stables during the winter
  • – Det var en ko på ängen. – Jag fattar inte. – Det var kon som var på ängen. / Det var kon som var poängen.
    – There was a cow in [on] the meadow. – I don't get it. – It was the cow that was in [on] the meadow. / It was the cow that was the point / punch line. [common pun]
  • Jag såg en älgko och hennes kalv när jag var i skogen
    I saw a cow moose and her calf when I was in the forest

Questions

What does ko mean in English?

ko means “cow”.

Is it en ko or ett ko?

It is en ko, and “the cow” is kon.

What is the plural of ko?

The plural of ko is kor, and the definite plural is korna.

Similar words

nötkreaturkossakviga

Origin

From Old Norse ko, from East Old Norse ko, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

Nearby common words

ko is number 3,347 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,343källarplan basement level; the floor, or one of the floors, beneath street level
  • 3,344goa to trick someone into going to a place and then beat up or murder them
  • 3,345grunda found, prime
  • 3,346beställd ordered
  • 3,348avlägsna remove, dismiss
  • 3,349väck lost, gone (not found), out of it, gone, very intoxicated, not aware of what's going on
  • 3,350tröst solace, comfort
  • 3,351chockad chocked
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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