Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en sökande

applicantAlso the present participle of söka.

Meaning

applicant

In Swedish: person som lämnat ansökan

Forms

Forms of sökande
Singular, indefiniteen sökande
Singular, definitesökanden
Plural, indefinitesökande
Plural, definitesökandena

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

Practise sökande

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Is it en sökande or ett sökande?

sökande in a sentence

  • det finns tre sökande till tjänsten
    there are three applicants for the position

Questions

What does sökande mean in English?

sökande means “applicant”.

Is it en sökande or ett sökande?

It is en sökande, and “the applicant” is sökanden.

What is the plural of sökande?

sökande doesn't change in the plural: en sökande, två sökande (definite: sökandena).

Similar words

letande

Nearby common words

sökande is number 3,494 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