Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en korv

sausage

Meaning

sausage

In Swedish: hackat och malet kött stoppat i ett avlångt skinn

Forms

Forms of korv
Singular, indefinite	en korv
Singular, definite	korven
Plural, indefinite	korvar
Plural, definite	korvarna

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

Practise korv

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Is it en korv or ett korv?

Expressions

varm korv
hot dog

Words built with korv

korvskiva slice of sausage

Questions

What does korv mean in English?

korv means “sausage”.

Is it en korv or ett korv?

It is en korv, and “the sausage” is korven.

What is the plural of korv?

The plural of korv is korvar, and the definite plural is korvarna.

Similar words

raggarballe

Origin

From Old Swedish korver, presumably from Old Norse kurfr, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz.

Nearby common words

korv is number 2,941 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,937applåd applause
2,938arv heredity, bequest
2,939förena unite, amalgamate
2,940maj May
2,942färsk fresh, new
2,943kvitt get rid of, shake off, be rid of
2,944måltid a meal (occasion of eating (a more substantial amount of) food), a meal (the food eaten during a meal)
2,945dikt fabrication, poem

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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