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Swedish noun

en längtan

longing, yearning

Meaning

longing; yearning

In Swedish: det att önska starkt el. vänta ivrigt

Forms

Forms of längtan
Singular, indefiniteen längtan
Singular, definitelängtan

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

Practise längtan

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Is it en längtan or ett längtan?

Questions

What does längtan mean in English?

längtan means “longing, yearning”.

Is it en längtan or ett längtan?

It is en längtan, and “the longing” is längtan.

Origin

längta + -an

Nearby common words

längtan is number 5,903 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 5,899förälska love
  • 5,900fond background, fund
  • 5,901ingrepp interference, operation
  • 5,902jovisst sure, of course
  • 5,904organisk organic
  • 5,905iskall ice cold, freezing cold (very cold, though not necessarily below freezing), ice-cold, distant or coolheaded
  • 5,906romans romance
  • 5,907narkotika drugs
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