Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en kongress

congress

Meaning

congress

In Swedish: (större) sammankomst med valda ombud (politiker, fackmän etc)

Forms

Forms of kongress
Singular, indefiniteen kongress
Singular, definitekongressen
Plural, indefinitekongresser
Plural, definitekongresserna

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

Practise kongress

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Is it en kongress or ett kongress?

Words built with kongress

  • kongressman delegate to a congress
  • partikongress party conference

Questions

What does kongress mean in English?

kongress means “congress”.

Is it en kongress or ett kongress?

It is en kongress, and “the congress” is kongressen.

What is the plural of kongress?

The plural of kongress is kongresser, and the definite plural is kongresserna.

Origin

Derived from Latin congressus.

Nearby common words

kongress is number 3,431 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