Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett skvaller

gossip, tittle-tattle

Meaning

gossip; tittle-tattle

In Swedish: löst prat som sprids från person till person

Forms

Forms of skvaller
Singular, indefinite	ett skvaller
Singular, definite	skvallret

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

Practise skvaller

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Is it en skvaller or ett skvaller?

Questions

What does skvaller mean in English?

skvaller means “gossip, tittle-tattle”.

Is it en skvaller or ett skvaller?

It is ett skvaller, and “the gossip” is skvallret.

Origin

From skvallra (“tell on, gossip”).

Nearby common words

skvaller is number 4,653 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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4,650sprängd blown up, exploded, lightly salted
4,651album album
4,652oberoende independent
4,654frost frost
4,655prioritet priority
4,656locke harvestman (arachnid), spider
4,657införa introduce

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