Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en tiger

tigerAlso the present tense of tiga./¹tiːɡɛr/

Meaning

tiger

In Swedish: det stora asiatiska kattdjuret Felis tigris

Forms

Forms of tiger
Singular, indefinite	en tiger
Singular, definite	tigern
Plural, indefinite	tigrar
Plural, definite	tigrarna

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

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Is it en tiger or ett tiger?

tiger in a sentence

Tigrar har ränder
Tigers have stripes
Det är lätt att blanda ihop lejon och tigrar
It's easy to mix up lions and tigers

Questions

What does tiger mean in English?

tiger means “tiger”.

Is it en tiger or ett tiger?

It is en tiger, and “the tiger” is tigern.

What is the plural of tiger?

The plural of tiger is tigrar, and the definite plural is tigrarna.

Similar words

kattdjur

Nearby common words

tiger is number 2,344 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,340forskning research
2,341parti part, party
2,342sena string, sinew
2,343avsnitt section, part
2,345levt lived
2,346svek failed
2,347hugga hew, chop
2,348vetenskap science

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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