Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en uppfattning

understanding, opinion

Meaning

understanding; opinion

In Swedish: det att kunna uppfatta något (med sinnena)

Forms

Forms of uppfattning
Singular, indefiniteen uppfattning
Singular, definiteuppfattningen
Plural, indefiniteuppfattningar
Plural, definiteuppfattningarna

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

Practise uppfattning

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uppfattning in a sentence

  • få en uppfattning om skadorna
    get an idea of the damages
  • enligt min uppfattning
    in my opinion

Words built with uppfattning

  • uppfattningsförmåga apprehension

Questions

What does uppfattning mean in English?

uppfattning means “understanding, opinion”.

Is it en uppfattning or ett uppfattning?

It is en uppfattning, and “the understanding” is uppfattningen.

What is the plural of uppfattning?

The plural of uppfattning is uppfattningar, and the definite plural is uppfattningarna.

Similar words

synsätt

Origin

uppfatta + -ning

Nearby common words

uppfattning is number 3,525 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