Swedish noun

en utrotning

extermination

Meaning

extermination

In Swedish: det att utrota (något)

Forms

Forms of utrotning
Singular, indefiniteen utrotning
Singular, definiteutrotningen
Plural, indefiniteutrotningar
Plural, definiteutrotningarna

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

Practise utrotning

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Is it en utrotning or ett utrotning?

utrotning in a sentence

  • vargen hotas av utrotning i Sverige
    the wolf is under threat of extermination in Sweden

Words built with utrotning

  • utrotningshotad under threat of extermination

Questions

What does utrotning mean in English?

utrotning means “extermination”.

Is it en utrotning or ett utrotning?

It is en utrotning, and “the extermination” is utrotningen.

What is the plural of utrotning?

The plural of utrotning is utrotningar, and the definite plural is utrotningarna.

Origin

utrota + -ning.

Nearby common words

utrotning is number 9,354 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. Browse the dictionary