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Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en kvinna

woman/²kvɪnːˌa/

Meaning

woman

In Swedish: vuxen person av honkön

Forms

Forms of kvinna
Singular, indefiniteen kvinna
Singular, definitekvinnan
Plural, indefinitekvinnor
Plural, definitekvinnorna

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

Practise kvinna

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Is it en kvinna or ett kvinna?

kvinna in a sentence

  • män och kvinnor
    men and women
  • flickor och kvinnor
    girls and women

Words built with kvinna

  • kvinnosyn attitude toward women
  • indiankvinna Native American woman
  • yrkeskvinna career woman

Questions

What does kvinna mean in English?

kvinna means “woman”.

Is it en kvinna or ett kvinna?

It is en kvinna, and “the woman” is kvinnan.

What is the plural of kvinna?

The plural of kvinna is kvinnor, and the definite plural is kvinnorna.

Similar words

tantmadamfruntimmergumma

Origin

From Old Swedish kvinna, from Runic Swedish kuino, from Old Norse kvæna, from kván (“wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Nearby common words

kvinna is number 217 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 213jobb work, job
  • 214problem problem
  • 215händer hands
  • 216helt wholly, completely
  • 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
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