Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en mardröm

nightmare

Meaning

nightmare

In Swedish: ångestfylld dröm

Forms

Forms of mardröm
Singular, indefiniteen mardröm
Singular, definitemardrömmen
Plural, indefinitemardrömmar
Plural, definitemardrömmarna

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

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mardröm in a sentence

  • drömma mardrömmar om att bli jagad av ett läskigt monster
    have nightmares of being chased by a scary monster
  • Hon har haft mardrömmar varje natt i en månad
    She has had nightmares every night for a month
  • Vilken mardröm!
    What a nightmare!

Questions

What does mardröm mean in English?

mardröm means “nightmare”.

Is it en mardröm or ett mardröm?

It is en mardröm, and “the nightmare” is mardrömmen.

What is the plural of mardröm?

The plural of mardröm is mardrömmar, and the definite plural is mardrömmarna.

Origin

mara + dröm

Nearby common words

mardröm is number 1,533 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