en svenska
Meaning
Swedish; Swede
In Swedish: huvudspråket i Sverige
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en svenska |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | svenskan |
svenska is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor svenska, den stora svenskan. Check another noun
Practise svenska
1 / 1Is it en svenska or ett svenska?
svenska in a sentence
- Talar du svenska?Do you speak Swedish?
- Hon talar inte (så mycket) svenskaShe doesn't speak (much) Swedish
- Ursäkta, min svenska är inte så braExcuse me, my Swedish isn't very good
- Hur säger man det på svenska?How do you say that/it in Swedish?
- Vad heter det på svenska?What is that/it called in Swedish?
- Det kan vara svårt att öva sin svenska när folk byter till engelskaIt can be difficult to practice your Swedish when people switch to English
- Alla talar svenskaEveryone speaks Swedish
- lånord i svenskanloan words in [the] Swedish
Words built with svenska
- svenskundervisning Swedish language training
Questions
What does svenska mean in English?
svenska means “Swedish, Swede”.
Is it en svenska or ett svenska?
It is en svenska, and “the Swedish” is svenskan.
Similar words
svenska språket
Where the course teaches it
Origin
From svensk + -a, the suffix stemming from tunga (“tongue”), used to make terms for languages.
Nearby common words
svenska is number 4,061 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,057stank stank
- 4,058angrepp attack
- 4,059avrättning execution (event or act of putting someone who can not reasonably defend themselves to death (as punishment))
- 4,060boskap livestock, cattle
- 4,062beväpna arm
- 4,063framsida front
- 4,064investering investment
- 4,065kloster monastery, nunnery (nunnekloster)
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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

