Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett samhälle

society, community, village, place/ˈsamˌhɛlːɛ/

Meaning

society; community; village; place

In Swedish: mindre tätort

Forms

Forms of samhälle
Singular, indefiniteett samhälle
Singular, definitesamhället
Plural, indefinitesamhällen
Plural, definitesamhällena

samhälle is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort samhälle, det stora samhället. Check another noun

Practise samhälle

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Is it en samhälle or ett samhälle?

samhälle in a sentence

  • hon bodde i ett litet samhälle i Hälsingland
    she lived in a tiny village in Hälsingland
  • dagens samhälle
    society of today
  • samhällets krav på medborgarna
    public demands on private individuals

Words built with samhälle

  • stationssamhälle village built up round a railway station
  • villasamhälle residential district
  • klassamhälle class society
  • samhällsplanering social planning
  • samhällskritik social criticism
  • samhällsliv social life

Questions

What does samhälle mean in English?

samhälle means “society, community”.

Is it en samhälle or ett samhälle?

It is ett samhälle, and “the society” is samhället.

What is the plural of samhälle?

The plural of samhälle is samhällen, and the definite plural is samhällena.

Origin

From Old Norse samheldi, equivalent to sam- + hålla.

Nearby common words

samhälle is number 1,665 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