Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en spegel

mirror/ˈspeːˌɡɛl/

Meaning

mirror

In Swedish: en reflekterande (glas)skiva (som man kan se sin egen bild i)

Forms

Forms of spegel
Singular, indefiniteen spegel
Singular, definitespegeln
Plural, indefinitespeglar
Plural, definitespeglarna

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

Practise spegel

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Is it en spegel or ett spegel?

spegel in a sentence

  • tävlingen är en spegel av samhället
    the competition mirrors the community
  • se sig i spegeln
    look at oneself (one's image, reflection) in the mirror
  • Spegel, spegel på väggen där, säg vem som fagrast i landet är
    Mirror, mirror on the wall [there], tell me who the fairest in the country is (standard translation)
  • Filmer är en spegel av samhället
    Movies are a mirror of society

Words built with spegel

  • spegelvänd reversed
  • vattenspegel surface (mirror) of the water
  • spegelbild reflection, mirror image

Questions

What does spegel mean in English?

spegel means “mirror”.

Is it en spegel or ett spegel?

It is en spegel, and “the mirror” is spegeln.

What is the plural of spegel?

The plural of spegel is speglar, and the definite plural is speglarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish speghil, from Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Medieval Latin speglum, from Latin speculum.

Nearby common words

spegel is number 1,969 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