Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en utmaning

challenge

Meaning

challenge

In Swedish: inbjudan till tävlingskamp

Forms

Forms of utmaning
Singular, indefiniteen utmaning
Singular, definiteutmaningen
Plural, indefiniteutmaningar
Plural, definiteutmaningarna

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

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utmaning in a sentence

  • en utmaning mot stormakterna
    a challenge to the major powers
  • Att bestiga berget är en riktig utmaning
    Climbing the mountain is a real challenge
  • en utmaning på duell
    a challenge to a duel

Questions

What does utmaning mean in English?

utmaning means “challenge”.

Is it en utmaning or ett utmaning?

It is en utmaning, and “the challenge” is utmaningen.

What is the plural of utmaning?

The plural of utmaning is utmaningar, and the definite plural is utmaningarna.

Origin

utmana + -ning

Nearby common words

utmaning is number 2,443 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