Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en svenska

Swedish, SwedeAlso the plural of svensk./²svɛnska/

Meaning

Swedish; Swede

In Swedish: huvudspråket i Sverige

Forms

Forms of svenska
Singular, indefiniteen svenska
Singular, definitesvenskan

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

Practise svenska

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Is it en svenska or ett svenska?

svenska in a sentence

  • Talar du svenska?
    Do you speak Swedish?
  • Hon talar inte (så mycket) svenska
    She doesn't speak (much) Swedish
  • Ursäkta, min svenska är inte så bra
    Excuse 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 engelska
    It can be difficult to practice your Swedish when people switch to English
  • Alla talar svenska
    Everyone speaks Swedish
  • lånord i svenskan
    loan 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.

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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