Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en undergång

ruin, fall, pedestrian subway

Meaning

ruin; fall; pedestrian subway

In Swedish: olyckligt och dramatiskt slut, fall, förstörelse

Forms

Forms of undergång
Singular, indefiniteen undergång
Singular, definiteundergången
Plural, indefiniteundergångar
Plural, definiteundergångarna

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

Practise undergång

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Is it en undergång or ett undergång?

undergång in a sentence

  • världens undergång
    the end of the world
  • mänsklighetens undergång
    the end of humanity
  • en känsla av (nära) förestående undergång
    a feeling of impending doom
  • Bara Nisse kan rädda oss från undergång
    Only Nisse can save us from destruction
  • romarrikets undergång
    the fall of the Roman Empire ("romarrikets fall" appears to be more common – "undergång" sounds a bit more dramatic)

Questions

What does undergång mean in English?

undergång means “ruin, fall”.

Is it en undergång or ett undergång?

It is en undergång, and “the ruin” is undergången.

What is the plural of undergång?

The plural of undergång is undergångar, and the definite plural is undergångarna.

Origin

under + gång, like German Untergang

Nearby common words

undergång is number 4,133 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