Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en ondska

evil

Meaning

evil

In Swedish: önskan att orsaka andra lidande

Forms

Forms of ondska
Singular, indefiniteen ondska
Singular, definiteondskan

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

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Questions

What does ondska mean in English?

ondska means “evil”.

Is it en ondska or ett ondska?

It is en ondska, and “the evil” is ondskan.

Origin

ond + -ska

Nearby common words

ondska is number 2,074 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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