Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en ledning

management, pipe, wire, line

Meaning

management; pipe; wire; line

In Swedish: styrelse

Forms

Forms of ledning
Singular, indefiniteen ledning
Singular, definiteledningen
Plural, indefiniteledningar
Plural, definiteledningarna

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

Practise ledning

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Is it en ledning or ett ledning?

Words built with ledning

  • företagsledning company management
  • ledningsgrupp managerial body, (the executive(s))
  • elledning electric cable
  • vattenledning water pipe

Questions

What does ledning mean in English?

ledning means “management, pipe”.

Is it en ledning or ett ledning?

It is en ledning, and “the management” is ledningen.

What is the plural of ledning?

The plural of ledning is ledningar, and the definite plural is ledningarna.

Similar words

vägledningdirektion

Origin

From Old Swedish ledhning, leda + -ning.

Nearby common words

ledning is number 2,354 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,350ingå be included in, form a part of
  • 2,351tok idiot, fool
  • 2,352gränsa abut, border (on)
  • 2,353skräp trash, junk
  • 2,355löst solved
  • 2,356dock yet, nevertheless, still; however
  • 2,357utomjording an alien, an extraterrestrial
  • 2,358odjur monster, beast
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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