Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en ungdom

youth

Meaning

youth

In Swedish: den tid då man är ung

Forms

Forms of ungdom
Singular, indefiniteen ungdom
Singular, definiteungdomen
Plural, indefiniteungdomar
Plural, definiteungdomarna

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

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ungdom in a sentence

  • dagens ungdom
    young people today, the youth of today
  • dagens ungdomar
    young people today (the youth of today)

Words built with ungdom

  • ungdomstid youth

Questions

What does ungdom mean in English?

ungdom means “youth”.

Is it en ungdom or ett ungdom?

It is en ungdom, and “the youth” is ungdomen.

What is the plural of ungdom?

The plural of ungdom is ungdomar, and the definite plural is ungdomarna.

Origin

From ung + -dom.

Nearby common words

ungdom is number 1,773 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