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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett kön

genderAlso the definite form of kö./ɕøːn/

Meaning

gender

In Swedish: egenskapen att vara hane eller hona

Forms

Forms of kön
Singular, indefiniteett kön
Singular, definitekönet
Plural, indefinitekön
Plural, definitekönen

kön is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort kön, det stora könet. Check another noun

Practise kön

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Is it en kön or ett kön?

kön in a sentence

  • manligt / kvinnligt kön
    male / female gender

Words built with kön

  • kvinnokön female sex
  • könsroll gender role
  • könscell gamete

Questions

What does kön mean in English?

kön means “gender”.

Is it en kön or ett kön?

It is ett kön, and “the gender” is könet.

What is the plural of kön?

kön doesn't change in the plural: ett kön, två kön (definite: könen).

Origin

From Old Swedish køn, kyn, from Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).

Nearby common words

kön is number 2,880 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,876mysterium mystery
  • 2,877svimma faint
  • 2,878brist scarcity, want
  • 2,879uttalande statement
  • 2,881nacke back of the neck
  • 2,882bekymmer concern, anxiety
  • 2,883förste Lord
  • 2,884haka to hook (attach with something hook-like), to get hooked (stuck on something hook-like, not figuratively)
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