Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett oväsen

noise

Meaning

noise

In Swedish: störande ljud, väsen

Forms

Forms of oväsen
Singular, indefinite	ett oväsen
Singular, definite	oväsendet

oväsen is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort oväsen, det stora oväsendet. Check another noun

Practise oväsen

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Is it en oväsen or ett oväsen?

oväsen in a sentence

föra oväsen
make a noise (racket, din)
Nu får ni sluta föra oväsen!
Now you'll have to stop making noise!

Questions

What does oväsen mean in English?

oväsen means “noise”.

Is it en oväsen or ett oväsen?

It is ett oväsen, and “the noise” is oväsendet.

Similar words

skränoljudbullerskrammel

Origin

Borrowed from German Unwesen.

Nearby common words

oväsen is number 3,956 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,952dvärg dwarf
3,953skandal scandal
3,954hördu hey, say, listen (used to gain someone's attention when addressing them)
3,955minus negative, below zero
3,957klappa pet, pat
3,958engelsk English
3,959groda frog, blunder, howler
3,960kompanjon partner

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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