Swedish noun

en passning

supervision, care, pass (the act of moving the ball or similar to another player)

Meaning

supervision, care; pass (the act of moving the ball or similar to another player)

Forms

Forms of passning
Singular, indefiniteen passning
Singular, definitepassningen
Plural, indefinitepassningar
Plural, definitepassningarna

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

Practise passning

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Is it en passning or ett passning?

Questions

What does passning mean in English?

passning means “supervision, care, pass (the act of moving the ball or similar to another player)”.

Is it en passning or ett passning?

It is en passning, and “the supervision” is passningen.

What is the plural of passning?

The plural of passning is passningar, and the definite plural is passningarna.

Origin

From passa + -ning.

Nearby common words

passning is number 8,935 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 8,931pupill pupil
  • 8,932uttagning trial, audition
  • 8,933grena to branch, to branch out (split into branches, literally or figuratively)
  • 8,934adelsman nobleman, noble (male)
  • 8,936mellanhand metacarpus, middlehand (the player between forehand and rearhand in a three-person game)
  • 8,937inkopplad to be connected (by inserting a cord or cable), to be engaged (by activating or connect)
  • 8,938fängslande fascinating, captivating
  • 8,939förblev remained, kept
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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