Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

nyfiken

curious

Meaning

curious

In Swedish: vetgirig, frågvis

Forms

Forms of nyfiken
Basic form	nyfiken	with en-words
Neuter	nyfiket	with ett-words
Plural and definite	nyfikna	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	nyfiknare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	nyfiknast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does nyfiken mean?

nyfiken in a sentence

jag är nyfiken på vad som hände
I am curious (anxious to hear) about what happened

Questions

What does nyfiken mean in English?

nyfiken means “curious”.

Similar words

vetgirig

Nearby common words

nyfiken is number 1,921 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,917paus pause, break
1,918besegra conquer, beat
1,919släkt family, relatives
1,920hann managed, advanced
1,922likadant similarly; in the same manner
1,923usel wretched
1,924förklaring explanation, declaration
1,925cancer cancer

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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