Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en muskel

muscle

Meaning

muscle

In Swedish: elastiskt material i kroppen som kan åstadkomma kroppsrörelser genom att dras ihop och förlängas

Forms

Forms of muskel
Singular, indefiniteen muskel
Singular, definitemuskeln
Plural, indefinitemuskler
Plural, definitemusklerna

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

Practise muskel

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Is it en muskel or ett muskel?

muskel in a sentence

  • spänna musklerna
    tense one's (your) muscles

Words built with muskel

  • muskelbristning muscle rupture
  • muskelvärk muscular pain

Questions

What does muskel mean in English?

muskel means “muscle”.

Is it en muskel or ett muskel?

It is en muskel, and “the muscle” is muskeln.

What is the plural of muskel?

The plural of muskel is muskler, and the definite plural is musklerna.

Similar words

muskelvävnad

Nearby common words

muskel is number 3,107 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