en ovän
Meaning
enemy
In Swedish: person som man är i konflikt med
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en ovän |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | ovännen |
| Plural, indefinite | ovänner |
| Plural, definite | ovännerna |
ovän is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor ovän, den stora ovännen. Check another noun
Practise ovän
1 / 2Is it en ovän or ett ovän?
ovän in a sentence
- bli ovännerfall out with sby
- De är ovännerThey're on bad terms
Questions
What does ovän mean in English?
ovän means “enemy”.
Is it en ovän or ett ovän?
It is en ovän, and “the enemy” is ovännen.
What is the plural of ovän?
The plural of ovän is ovänner, and the definite plural is ovännerna.
Origin
From Old Swedish ōvin or from o- (“un-”) + vän (“friend”).
Nearby common words
ovän is number 7,277 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,273åtagande undertaking, obligation
- 7,274toppa top
- 7,275sysselsatt occupied (with something), employed
- 7,276omvärld the world around one
- 7,278svärmor a mother-in-law; the mother of someone's spouse
- 7,279militärt militaristic, militarily (in a manner relating to the military)
- 7,280indiska a woman from India
- 7,281dåså nonstandard form of då så
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