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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en måne

moon/ˈmoːˌnɛ/

Meaning

moon

In Swedish: himlakropp som kretsar kring jorden och lyser om natten

Forms

Forms of måne
Singular, indefiniteen måne
Singular, definitemånen
Plural, indefinitemånar
Plural, definitemånarna

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

Practise måne

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Is it en måne or ett måne?

måne in a sentence

  • en planet med två månar
    a planet with two moons
  • månlandningen
    the Moon landing
  • landa på månen
    land on the Moon

Expressions

  • se i månen efter
    look for in never-never land

Words built with måne

Questions

What does måne mean in English?

måne means “moon”.

Is it en måne or ett måne?

It is en måne, and “the moon” is månen.

What is the plural of måne?

The plural of måne is månar, and the definite plural is månarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish māne, from Old Norse máni (“the moon”), from Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mano), from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).

Nearby common words

måne is number 3,151 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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