Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en söndag

Sunday/ˈsœndɑːɡ/

Meaning

Sunday

In Swedish: veckans sjunde dag; vilodag

Forms

Forms of söndag
Singular, indefiniteen söndag
Singular, definitesöndagen
Plural, indefinitesöndagar
Plural, definitesöndagarna

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

Practise söndag

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Is it en söndag or ett söndag?

söndag in a sentence

  • Vi träffades i söndags
    We met this / last Sunday

Questions

What does söndag mean in English?

söndag means “Sunday”.

Is it en söndag or ett söndag?

It is en söndag, and “the Sunday” is söndagen.

What is the plural of söndag?

The plural of söndag is söndagar, and the definite plural is söndagarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish sunnodagher, from Old Norse sunnudagr, borrowed from a West Germanic language.

Nearby common words

söndag is number 1,912 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 1,908sur sour, acid, wet
  • 1,909japan Japanese
  • 1,910oskadd unhurt
  • 1,911åklagare prosecutor
  • 1,913befinna find/be situated
  • 1,915vilse to a lost state, no longer knowing where one is, having lost orientation
  • 1,916cigarett a cigarette
  • 1,917paus pause, break
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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