Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

kvinnlig

female, womanly, feminine

Meaning

female; womanly; feminine

In Swedish: som hör samman med kvinnligt kön

Forms

Forms of kvinnlig
Basic form	kvinnlig	with en-words
Neuter	kvinnligt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	kvinnliga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	kvinnligare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	kvinnligast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does kvinnlig mean?

kvinnlig in a sentence

en kvinnlig författare
a female author
mjuk och kvinnlig
soft and feminine
Det var en kvinnlig reporter som sade det.
It was a female reporter who said that.

Questions

What does kvinnlig mean in English?

kvinnlig means “female, womanly”.

Similar words

femininfemininum

Origin

From Old Swedish qvinliker, qvinzliker, from Old Norse kvennsligr and kvennligr.

Nearby common words

kvinnlig is number 2,284 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,280övervaka supervise, monitor
2,281svensk Swedish
2,282katastrof disaster, catastrophe
2,283story story
2,285toa WC, toilet
2,286livs provisions, (grocery, grocery store (US))
2,287king great, awesome, synonym of ruta (“foursquare”)
2,288ändrad changed

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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