Swedish noun

en svan

swan/svɑːn/

Meaning

swan

In Swedish: stor, vit långhalsad sjöfågel av släktet Cygnus

Forms

Forms of svan
Singular, indefinite	en svan
Singular, definite	svanen
Plural, indefinite	svanar
Plural, definite	svanarna

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

Practise svan

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Is it en svan or ett svan?

Questions

What does svan mean in English?

svan means “swan”.

Is it en svan or ett svan?

It is en svan, and “the swan” is svanen.

What is the plural of svan?

The plural of svan is svanar, and the definite plural is svanarna.

Origin

Inherited from Old Norse svanr, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).

Nearby common words

svan is number 6,537 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,533förbaskad confounded
6,534rama to frame (put a frame around), to give somebody a lift on a bicycle
6,535limousin a limousine (luxury sedan)
6,536i morgon tomorrow
6,538sponsra sponsor
6,539mantel cloak
6,540rostig rusty
6,541matlagning cooking (the process of preparing food by using heat)

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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