Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en person

person/pɛrˈsuːn/

Meaning

person

In Swedish: människa, individ

Forms

Forms of person
Singular, indefiniteen person
Singular, definitepersonen
Plural, indefinitepersoner
Plural, definitepersonerna

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

Practise person

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Is it en person or ett person?

person in a sentence

  • Jag har inget emot dig som person.
    I have nothing against you as a person.
  • Tolv personer deltog i mötet.
    Twelve people attended the meeting.

Expressions

  • juridisk person
    legal person

Words built with person

  • privatperson private person
  • myndighetsperson person in authority
  • försöksperson subject of an experiment, person to experiment on
  • huvudperson main (principal) character
  • personkult personality cult
  • personfråga question of whom to choose

Questions

What does person mean in English?

person means “person”.

Is it en person or ett person?

It is en person, and “the person” is personen.

What is the plural of person?

The plural of person is personer, and the definite plural is personerna.

Similar words

individ

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Latin persona.

Nearby common words

person is number 373 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 369skola school, school, college
  • 370illa badly, very
  • 371klart clear, finished
  • 372fort quickly, fast
  • 374annars otherwise, else
  • 375dog died
  • 376åker arable land, field
  • 377sova sleep, be asleep
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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