Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en utlänning

alien, foreigner

Meaning

alien; foreigner

In Swedish: person från ett annat land (än ens eget)

Forms

Forms of utlänning
Singular, indefiniteen utlänning
Singular, definiteutlänningen
Plural, indefiniteutlänningar
Plural, definiteutlänningarna

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

Practise utlänning

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Is it en utlänning or ett utlänning?

Words built with utlänning

  • utlänningslag Aliens' Act

Questions

What does utlänning mean in English?

utlänning means “alien, foreigner”.

Is it en utlänning or ett utlänning?

It is en utlänning, and “the alien” is utlänningen.

What is the plural of utlänning?

The plural of utlänning is utlänningar, and the definite plural is utlänningarna.

Origin

ut (“out”) + land (“land”) + -ing (“belonging to”).

Nearby common words

utlänning is number 4,926 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