Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en kulle

hill

Meaning

hill

In Swedish: rundad höjd som sluttar åt alla sidor

Forms

Forms of kulle
Singular, indefinite	en kulle
Singular, definite	kullen
Plural, indefinite	kullar
Plural, definite	kullarna

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

Practise kulle

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Is it en kulle or ett kulle?

kulle in a sentence

Det växer träd uppe på kullen
There are trees growing up on the hill
kullens sluttning
the side of the hill / the hillside

Questions

What does kulle mean in English?

kulle means “hill”.

Is it en kulle or ett kulle?

It is en kulle, and “the hill” is kullen.

What is the plural of kulle?

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

Origin

From Old Norse kollr, from Proto-Germanic *kullaz.

Nearby common words

kulle is number 4,484 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,480backe slope, hill
4,481gapa open one's mouth (wide), bawl
4,482amatör amateur
4,483ersättare substitute
4,485succé success
4,486hawaii short for hawaiipizza
4,487ovanpå on top of
4,488säte seat

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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