Swedish adjective

sömnlös

sleepless

Meaning

sleepless

In Swedish: som inte kan sova

Forms

Forms of sömnlös
Basic form	sömnlös	with en-words
Neuter	sömnlöst	with ett-words
Plural and definite	sömnlösa	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	sömnlösare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	sömnlösast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does sömnlös mean in English?

sömnlös means “sleepless”.

Origin

sömn + -lös first observed in 1635.

Nearby common words

sömnlös is number 8,712 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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8,710rem strap
8,711subtil subtle
8,713zoom zoom
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8,715tandkräm toothpaste
8,716hoppla Move on!, go faster!, oops, upsadaisy

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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