Swedish noun

en odåga

good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, wastrel

Meaning

good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; wastrel

In Swedish: besvärlig och lat person

Forms

Forms of odåga
Singular, indefiniteen odåga
Singular, definiteodågan
Plural, indefiniteodågor
Plural, definiteodågorna

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

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odåga in a sentence

  • grannens odågor
    the neighbor's good-for-nothing kids

Questions

What does odåga mean in English?

odåga means “good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well”.

Is it en odåga or ett odåga?

It is en odåga, and “the good-for-nothing” is odågan.

What is the plural of odåga?

The plural of odåga is odågor, and the definite plural is odågorna.

Similar words

lymmelrötägg

Nearby common words

odåga is number 9,818 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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