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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en målning

painting

Meaning

painting

In Swedish: strykning med färg

Forms

Forms of målning
Singular, indefiniteen målning
Singular, definitemålningen
Plural, indefinitemålningar
Plural, definitemålningarna

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

Practise målning

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Is it en målning or ett målning?

målning in a sentence

  • en vacker målning
    a beautiful painting
  • målning av tavlor / målningar
    painting [of] paintings
  • målning av tak
    painting [of] ceilings
  • målning av naglar
    painting [of] nails

Words built with målning

  • oljemålning oil painting

Questions

What does målning mean in English?

målning means “painting”.

Is it en målning or ett målning?

It is en målning, and “the painting” is målningen.

What is the plural of målning?

The plural of målning is målningar, and the definite plural is målningarna.

Origin

måla (“paint”) + -ning (“-ing”)

Nearby common words

målning is number 2,781 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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