Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en pinne

stick

Meaning

stick

In Swedish: smalt och kort trästycke

Forms

Forms of pinne
Singular, indefiniteen pinne
Singular, definitepinnen
Plural, indefinitepinnar
Plural, definitepinnarna

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

Practise pinne

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Is it en pinne or ett pinne?

pinne in a sentence

  • äta med pinnar
    eat with chopsticks
  • Som en fågel på en pinne, vill jag ständigt sitta i ditt minne
    Like a bird on its perch, I want to sit forever in your memory
  • tältpinne
    tent peg
  • I fotbollsligan får det vinnande laget tre pinnar medan det förlorande laget inte får någon
    In the football league, the winning team gets three points while the losing team gets none

Expressions

  • stel som en pinne
    stiff as a poker (board)

Words built with pinne

  • taktpinne (conductor's) baton
  • träpinne (wooden) stick
  • pekpinne pointer

Questions

What does pinne mean in English?

pinne means “stick”.

Is it en pinne or ett pinne?

It is en pinne, and “the stick” is pinnen.

What is the plural of pinne?

The plural of pinne is pinnar, and the definite plural is pinnarna.

Similar words

kvist

Nearby common words

pinne is number 3,636 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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