Swedish adjective· top 500 most common

rolig

funny/²ruːlɪɡ/

Meaning

funny

In Swedish: underhållande, lustig

Forms

Forms of rolig
Basic form	rolig	with en-words
Neuter	roligt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	roliga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	roligare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	roligast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does rolig mean?

rolig in a sentence

en rolig historia
a funny story
jag vill ha roligt
I want to have fun
det är roligt att få vara med
it's great just being here
en rolig människa
an amusing person
Han är så himla rolig
He is so funny
Att spela fotboll är roligt
Playing football is fun
Komedier är roliga
Comedies are funny
Om något är roligt så kan man börja skratta
If something is funny, you might start to laugh

Questions

What does rolig mean in English?

rolig means “funny”.

Similar words

kulskojskojigkomisklajbanlattjofestligroande

Origin

From Old Swedish roliker (“calm, quiet”), from Old Norse róligr.

Nearby common words

rolig is number 428 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

424bar carried; wore
425ibland sometimes, among
426släppa release, leave hold of
427heller nor, neither
429fara go
430mellan between
431skada hurt, injure
432ifrån from

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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