Swedish adjective · noun
len
soft
len as an adjective
Meaning
soft
In Swedish: mjuk och skön
Forms
| Basic form | len | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | lent | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | lena | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | lenare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | lenast | “-est”, “most …” |
len as a noun
Meaning
friend, buddy, pal (friendly term of address)
Practise len
1 / 1What does len mean?
len in a sentence
- en matta av len ulla rug of soft wool
- lena kindersmooth cheeks
- Vad händer, len?What's going on, buddy?
Questions
What does len mean in English?
len means “soft”.
Similar words
mjukslät
Origin
From Old Norse linr, from Proto-Germanic *linwaz.
Nearby common words
len is number 5,369 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,365immun immune
- 5,366skörd harvest, crop
- 5,367mellanöstern middle-east
- 5,368klassa classify, categorize
- 5,370involvera to involve
- 5,371självt itself
- 5,372bringa bring, convey
- 5,373hallucination hallucination
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary