Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en omgivning

surroundings

Meaning

surroundings

In Swedish: det som finns runt omkring något el. någon, grannskap

Forms

Forms of omgivning
Singular, indefiniteen omgivning
Singular, definiteomgivningen
Plural, indefiniteomgivningar
Plural, definiteomgivningarna

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

Practise omgivning

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omgivning in a sentence

  • stadens omgivningar
    the outskirts of the town
  • människor i vår närmaste omgivning
    people in our immediate surroundings

Questions

What does omgivning mean in English?

omgivning means “surroundings”.

Is it en omgivning or ett omgivning?

It is en omgivning, and “the surroundings” is omgivningen.

What is the plural of omgivning?

The plural of omgivning is omgivningar, and the definite plural is omgivningarna.

Similar words

närmiljönejdomnejdtraktmiljö

Origin

omgiva + -ning

Nearby common words

omgivning is number 4,895 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