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Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en kväll

evening/kvɛlː/

Meaning

evening

In Swedish: dagens övergång till natt, afton

Forms

Forms of kväll
Singular, indefiniteen kväll
Singular, definitekvällen
Plural, indefinitekvällar
Plural, definitekvällarna

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

Practise kväll

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Is it en kväll or ett kväll?

kväll in a sentence

  • på onsdag kväll
    Wednesday evening
  • God kväll!
    Good evening!
  • hela kvällen
    all night

Words built with kväll

  • kvällsmat dinner
  • kvällsöppen open in the evening
  • lördagskväll Saturday night
  • kvällstidning evening paper
  • sommarkväll summer evening

Questions

What does kväll mean in English?

kväll means “evening”.

Is it en kväll or ett kväll?

It is en kväll, and “the evening” is kvällen.

What is the plural of kväll?

The plural of kväll is kvällar, and the definite plural is kvällarna.

Similar words

afton

Origin

From Old Swedish quæld, qvælder, from Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kwildiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-.

Nearby common words

kväll is number 222 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 218era your, yours (possessed by the multiple individuals addressed, of multiple things), you (vocative determiner used before a plural noun, regardless of gender)
  • 219första first
  • 220åka go, ride, drive, fall, slip, slide
  • 221länge long
  • 223håll way, direction
  • 224ledsen sad
  • 225människa a human, a human being, man, mankind, humankind
  • 226dö die
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