Swedish adjective
okunnig
ignorant
Meaning
ignorant
In Swedish: som saknar kunskap, oerfaren
Forms
| Basic form | okunnig | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | okunnigt | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | okunniga | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | okunnigare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | okunnigast | “-est”, “most …” |
Practise okunnig
1 / 1What does okunnig mean?
okunnig in a sentence
- vi är inte okunniga om problemenwe are not unacquainted with the problems
- okunnig kritikuninformed criticism
Questions
What does okunnig mean in English?
okunnig means “ignorant”.
Origin
From Old Swedish okunnogher, from Old Norse úkunnigr, from Proto-Germanic *unkunþīgaz, equivalent to o- + kunnig.
Nearby common words
okunnig is number 8,096 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,092brudtärna bridesmaid
- 8,093dramatik drama
- 8,094later manners
- 8,095meditera meditate
- 8,097posera pose
- 8,098terrorisera terrorise
- 8,099genomlida endure, to suffer, to endure, to go through (something painful)
- 8,100förvånansvärd astonishing, surprising, strange
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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