Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en skapelse

creation, making/skɑːpɛlsɛ/

Meaning

creation; making

In Swedish: det som skapa(t)s

Forms

Forms of skapelse
Singular, indefiniteen skapelse
Singular, definiteskapelsen
Plural, indefiniteskapelser
Plural, definiteskapelserna

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

Practise skapelse

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Is it en skapelse or ett skapelse?

Words built with skapelse

  • musikskapelse musical creation
  • skapelseprocess creative process
  • rollskapelse interpretation

Questions

What does skapelse mean in English?

skapelse means “creation, making”.

Is it en skapelse or ett skapelse?

It is en skapelse, and “the creation” is skapelsen.

What is the plural of skapelse?

The plural of skapelse is skapelser, and the definite plural is skapelserna.

Similar words

kreationverk

Origin

skapa + -else

Nearby common words

skapelse is number 4,850 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 4,846morgondag tomorrow; Archaic or poetic the day after today., figuratively and/or generally about an unspecified future, most often used in definite singular genitive, i.e. morgondagens. Also a future unspecified day, especially en morgondag.
  • 4,847härliga lovely
  • 4,848ovan unaccustomed, unused
  • 4,849katolsk Catholic
  • 4,851armband bracelet
  • 4,852höst fall (US), autumn
  • 4,853bjuden invited
  • 4,854argument argument
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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