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Swedish noun

en tjänsteman

a white-collar worker, or the role of such a person, the white-collar part of a company; administration, management, sales, etc., civil servant, public officer

Meaning

a white-collar worker, or the role of such a person; the white-collar part of a company; administration, management, sales, etc.; civil servant, public officer

Forms

Forms of tjänsteman
Singular, indefiniteen tjänsteman
Singular, definitetjänstemannen
Plural, indefinitetjänstemän
Plural, definitetjänstemännen

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

Practise tjänsteman

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Is it en tjänsteman or ett tjänsteman?

tjänsteman in a sentence

  • Han började som svetsare men har arbetat sig upp till tjänsteman.
    He started as a welder but has worked his way up to a white-collar position.
  • hot mot tjänsteman
    threatening a police officer / threatening a civil servant

Questions

What does tjänsteman mean in English?

tjänsteman means “a white-collar worker, or the role of such a person, the white-collar part of a company; administration, management, sales, etc.”.

Is it en tjänsteman or ett tjänsteman?

It is en tjänsteman, and “the a white-collar worker” is tjänstemannen.

What is the plural of tjänsteman?

The plural of tjänsteman is tjänstemän, and the definite plural is tjänstemännen.

Origin

Affix of tjänst (“service”) + -e- + man (“man”), inherited from Old Swedish þiänista man (“servant”).

Nearby common words

tjänsteman is number 6,557 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 6,552högtalare loudspeaker; an electromechanical device or the encasing in which one or more loudspeakers are placed
  • 6,553instabil unstable
  • 6,554självaste the very, himself, herself, itself
  • 6,555lösensumma ransom (the amount of money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped)
  • 6,558avslöjande disclosure, revealing
  • 6,559bark bark
  • 6,560biograf picture theatre, movie (theater (US))
  • 6,561klimat climate
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