Swedish noun

en krympling

cripple

Meaning

cripple

In Swedish: rörelsehindrad person

Forms

Forms of krympling
Singular, indefiniteen krympling
Singular, definitekrymplingen
Plural, indefinitekrymplingar
Plural, definitekrymplingarna

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

Practise krympling

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Is it en krympling or ett krympling?

Questions

What does krympling mean in English?

krympling means “cripple”.

Is it en krympling or ett krympling?

It is en krympling, and “the cripple” is krymplingen.

What is the plural of krympling?

The plural of krympling is krymplingar, and the definite plural is krymplingarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish krymplinger, (krymplinge, krimplinger), from a Old East Norse *krymplingʀ, from krympa (“to shrink”) + -lingʀ, ultimately to Proto-Germanic *krumpaz.

Nearby common words

krympling is number 6,720 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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