Swedish noun

en ninja

ninja (spy and mercenary in pre-modern Japan)

Meaning

ninja (spy and mercenary in pre-modern Japan)

Forms

Forms of ninja
Singular, indefiniteen ninja
Singular, definiteninjan
Plural, indefiniteninjor
Plural, definiteninjorna

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

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Is it en ninja or ett ninja?

ninja in a sentence

  • Ninjor är mästare på att röra sig osynligt i skuggorna
    Ninjas are masters of moving invisibly in the shadows

Questions

What does ninja mean in English?

ninja means “ninja (spy and mercenary in pre-modern Japan)”.

Is it en ninja or ett ninja?

It is en ninja, and “the ninja” is ninjan.

What is the plural of ninja?

The plural of ninja is ninjor, and the definite plural is ninjorna.

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 忍者 (ninja).

Nearby common words

ninja is number 6,737 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. Browse the dictionary