Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en kull

litter/ˈkɵlː/

Meaning

litter

In Swedish: alla ungar som fötts på samma gång

Forms

Forms of kull
Singular, indefiniteen kull
Singular, definitekullen
Plural, indefinitekullar
Plural, definitekullarna

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

Practise kull

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Is it en kull or ett kull?

Words built with kull

  • studentkull class

Questions

What does kull mean in English?

kull means “litter”.

Is it en kull or ett kull?

It is en kull, and “the litter” is kullen.

What is the plural of kull?

The plural of kull is kullar, and the definite plural is kullarna.

Origin

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulþa, *kulþō, variants of *kelþaz (“fetus”).

Nearby common words

kull is number 4,658 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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