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svensk

Swedish/svɛnːsk/

svensk as an adjective

Meaning

Swedish

In Swedish: som avser Sverige eller svenska språket

Forms

Forms of svensk
Basic form	svensk	with en-words
Neuter	svenskt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	svenska	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	svenskare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	svenskast	“-est”, “most …”

svensk as a noun(en svensk)

Meaning

Swedish; Swede

In Swedish: (manlig) person från Sverige

Forms

Forms of svensk
Singular, indefinite	en svensk
Singular, definite	svensken
Plural, indefinite	svenskar
Plural, definite	svenskarna

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

Practise svensk

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What does svensk mean?

svensk in a sentence

svensk medborgare
Swedish citizen
en gammal svensk tradition
an old Swedish tradition
två svenska män
two Swedish men
svenska stavningsregler
Swedish spelling rules
(det) svenska språket
the Swedish language [sometimes nominalized, skipping the "det" – see den]
(det) svenska köket
Swedish cuisine [the Swedish kitchen] [sometimes nominalized, like above]
Han/hon är svensk
He/she is Swedish ["[a] Swede" – see vara for why there is no article]
två svenskar
two Swedes

Questions

What does svensk mean in English?

svensk means “Swedish”.

Is it en svensk or ett svensk?

It is en svensk, and “the Swedish” is svensken.

What is the plural of svensk?

The plural of svensk is svenskar, and the definite plural is svenskarna.

Where the course teaches it

Eftersom versus på grund av: because in Swedish
Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Norse svenskr, sœnskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz (“Swedish”), from *swihô (“Swede”).

Nearby common words

svensk is number 2,281 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,277drabba hit, befall
2,278rumpa rump, backside
2,279sistone recently, lately
2,280övervaka supervise, monitor
2,282katastrof disaster, catastrophe
2,283story story
2,284kvinnlig female, womanly
2,285toa WC, toilet

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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