Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en medborgare

citizen/²meːdˌbɔrːjarɛ/

Meaning

citizen

In Swedish: person som tillhör en viss stat

Forms

Forms of medborgare
Singular, indefiniteen medborgare
Singular, definitemedborgaren
Plural, indefinitemedborgare
Plural, definitemedborgarna

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

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medborgare in a sentence

  • utländsk medborgare
    foreign citizen
  • svensk medborgare
    Swedish citizen

Questions

What does medborgare mean in English?

medborgare means “citizen”.

Is it en medborgare or ett medborgare?

It is en medborgare, and “the citizen” is medborgaren.

What is the plural of medborgare?

medborgare doesn't change in the plural: en medborgare, två medborgare (definite: medborgarna).

Origin

From med (“with”) + borgare (“citizen”).

Nearby common words

medborgare is number 2,265 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