Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en union

union

Meaning

union

In Swedish: sammanslutning av stater, förbund

Forms

Forms of union
Singular, indefiniteen union
Singular, definiteunionen
Plural, indefiniteunioner
Plural, definiteunionerna

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

Practise union

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Is it en union or ett union?

Questions

What does union mean in English?

union means “union”.

Is it en union or ett union?

It is en union, and “the union” is unionen.

What is the plural of union?

The plural of union is unioner, and the definite plural is unionerna.

Similar words

förenadesammanslagningförbund

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Nearby common words

union is number 4,586 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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