Swedish noun · adjective· top 5,000 most common

en nämnd

committee, board

nämnd as a noun(en nämnd)

Meaning

committee, board

In Swedish: (kommunalt el. statligt) organ där medlemmarna väljs för ett visst uppdrag

Forms

Forms of nämnd
Singular, indefiniteen nämnd
Singular, definitenämnden
Plural, indefinitenämnder
Plural, definitenämnderna

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

nämnd as an adjective

Meaning

mentioned

Forms

Forms of nämnd
Basic formnämndwith en-words
Neuternämntwith ett-words
Plural and definitenämndaplural nouns, and after den / det / de

Practise nämnd

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Is it en nämnd or ett nämnd?

Words built with nämnd

  • byggnadsnämnd housing (building) committee

Questions

What does nämnd mean in English?

nämnd means “committee, board”.

Is it en nämnd or ett nämnd?

It is en nämnd, and “the committee” is nämnden.

What is the plural of nämnd?

The plural of nämnd is nämnder, and the definite plural is nämnderna.

Origin

From namn (“a name”) and nämna (“to name, to mention, to appoint”).

Nearby common words

nämnd is number 2,166 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