Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en slump

hazard, chance, luck

Meaning

hazard; chance; luck

In Swedish: tillfällighet som man inte kan förutse

Forms

Forms of slump
Singular, indefiniteen slump
Singular, definiteslumpen
Plural, indefiniteslumpar
Plural, definiteslumparna

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

Practise slump

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Is it en slump or ett slump?

slump in a sentence

  • av en ren slump
    by mere accident
  • inget får lämnas åt slumpen
    nothing must be left to chance
  • Det var nog mest slumpen som avgjorde vem som vann
    It was probably mostly [the] chance that determined who won
  • Inget lämnas åt slumpen
    Nothing is left to [the] chance (idiomatic)
  • Det är nog bara slumpen
    It's probably just a coincidence / random chance
  • – Jag tror inte att det är en slump att tre hus brann ner samma natt. – Nej, det är nog ingen slump.
    – I don't think it's a coincidence that three houses burned down the same night. – No, it's probably not a coincidence.
  • en lycklig slump
    a happy accident
  • sälja slumpen
    sell residual stocks

Words built with slump

  • slumpvis at random

Questions

What does slump mean in English?

slump means “hazard, chance”.

Is it en slump or ett slump?

It is en slump, and “the hazard” is slumpen.

What is the plural of slump?

The plural of slump is slumpar, and the definite plural is slumparna.

Similar words

tillfällighet

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German slump.

Nearby common words

slump is number 2,860 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,856sug strong attraction, suction apparatus
  • 2,857onsdag Wednesday
  • 2,858lucka door, trapdoor
  • 2,859paj broken; not working
  • 2,861slakta kill, strip [down]
  • 2,862spanska Spanish
  • 2,863proffs pro
  • 2,864ras breed, race
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