Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en tidning

newspaper, magazine/²tiːnɪŋ/

Meaning

newspaper; magazine

In Swedish: regelbundet utkommande skrift med aktuellt innehåll, nyhetsblad

Forms

Forms of tidning
Singular, indefiniteen tidning
Singular, definitetidningen
Plural, indefinitetidningar
Plural, definitetidningarna

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

Practise tidning

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Is it en tidning or ett tidning?

tidning in a sentence

  • läsa tidningen
    read the newspaper

Words built with tidning

  • tidningsartikel newspaper article
  • veckotidning weekly
  • tidningsreportage newspaper report
  • kvällstidning evening paper

Questions

What does tidning mean in English?

tidning means “newspaper, magazine”.

Is it en tidning or ett tidning?

It is en tidning, and “the newspaper” is tidningen.

What is the plural of tidning?

The plural of tidning is tidningar, and the definite plural is tidningarna.

Similar words

lektyrtidsskrifttidskriftblaska

Origin

Possibly from Old Norse tíðindi (“tidings”)

Nearby common words

tidning is number 963 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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