Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett medlidande

compassion

Meaning

compassion

In Swedish: medkänsla med någon som har det svårt

Forms

Forms of medlidande
Singular, indefiniteett medlidande
Singular, definitemedlidandet

medlidande is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort medlidande, det stora medlidandet. Check another noun

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Is it en medlidande or ett medlidande?

Questions

What does medlidande mean in English?

medlidande means “compassion”.

Is it en medlidande or ett medlidande?

It is ett medlidande, and “the compassion” is medlidandet.

Similar words

sympatisk

Origin

med (“with”) + lidande (“suffering”)

Nearby common words

medlidande is number 4,978 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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