Swedish adjective · noun

sval

cool

sval as an adjective

Meaning

cool

In Swedish: kylig (på ett behagligt sätt)

Forms

Forms of sval
Basic form	sval	with en-words
Neuter	svalt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	svala	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	svalare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	svalast	“-est”, “most …”

sval as a noun(en sval)

Meaning

cool cupboard

In Swedish: skåp med låg temperatur för matförvaring

Forms

Forms of sval
Singular, indefinite	en sval
Singular, definite	svalen
Plural, indefinite	svalar
Plural, definite	svalarna

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

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What does sval mean?

sval in a sentence

hon lade en sval hand på min panna
she put a cool hand on my forehead
en sval sommardag
a cool summer day
ett svalt intresse
a lukewarm interest
Intresset för att göra något åt situationen har varit svalt
Interest in doing something about the situation has been low ("cool")

Questions

What does sval mean in English?

sval means “cool”.

Is it en sval or ett sval?

It is en sval, and “the cool cupboard” is svalen.

What is the plural of sval?

The plural of sval is svalar, and the definite plural is svalarna.

Similar words

svalkande

Origin

Inherited from Old Norse svalr.

Nearby common words

sval is number 9,716 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,712mellannamn surname carried between the given names and one's own family name
9,713yrkesmördare a contract killer, an assassin (person who commits murder for money)
9,714viskning whisper
9,715skalv shook, trembled
9,717tusental around one thousand, thousands
9,718driven experienced, practised
9,719bikt confession
9,720vindruta a windshield, a windscreen (window at the front of a car or other vehicle to protect the occupants)

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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