Swedish noun · pronoun· top 100 most common

en man

man, person, husband, mane/man/

How man is used

Man is a general pronoun like English “you” or “one” in statements about people in general: man får inte röka här, “you can't smoke here”. It is very common in Swedish, far more than “one” in English. As a noun, en man means a man or a husband.

man as a noun(en man)

Meaning

man; person; husband; mane

In Swedish: vuxen person av hankön

Forms

Forms of man
Singular, indefinite	en man
Singular, definite	mannen
Plural, indefinite	män
Plural, definite	männen

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

man as a pronoun

Meaning

one

Practise man

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Is it en man or ett man?

man in a sentence

Hur säger man det på svenska?
How do you say that in Swedish?
Man vet aldrig.
You never know.
en ung man
a young man
en styrka på 1000 man
a force of 1000 men
min man är snickare
my husband is a carpenter
mannen bakom verket
the man behind it all
En man går på gatan.
A man walks on the street.
män och kvinnor
men and women
pojkar och män
boys and men
Ungefär hundra män deltog i loppet.
Around one hundred men took part in the race.

Words built with man

manskör male choir
köpman businessman, tradesman, merchant
manssamhälle male-dominated society
mansroll man's role
riksdagsman member of parliament
norrman Norwegian
tjänsteman civil servant

Questions

What does man mean in English?

man means “man, person”.

Is it en man or ett man?

It is en man, and “the man” is mannen.

What is the plural of man?

The plural of man is män, and the definite plural is männen.

Similar words

hanekarl

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish maþer, mander, from Old Norse maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Nearby common words

man is number 58 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

54när when, near
55kom came
56säga to say, to tell
57oss us
59bli become, get
60får sheep
61er you, your
62ut out, all over

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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