Swedish noun

en utgrävning

excavation

Meaning

excavation

In Swedish: det att gräva efter fornfynd

Forms

Forms of utgrävning
Singular, indefiniteen utgrävning
Singular, definiteutgrävningen
Plural, indefiniteutgrävningar
Plural, definiteutgrävningarna

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

Practise utgrävning

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Is it en utgrävning or ett utgrävning?

Questions

What does utgrävning mean in English?

utgrävning means “excavation”.

Is it en utgrävning or ett utgrävning?

It is en utgrävning, and “the excavation” is utgrävningen.

What is the plural of utgrävning?

The plural of utgrävning is utgrävningar, and the definite plural is utgrävningarna.

Origin

gräva ut or utgräva + -ning

Nearby common words

utgrävning is number 8,412 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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