Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett vansinne

madness

Meaning

madness

In Swedish: sjukligt sinnestillstånd

Forms

Forms of vansinne
Singular, indefinite	ett vansinne
Singular, definite	vansinnet

vansinne is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort vansinne, det stora vansinnet. Check another noun

Practise vansinne

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Is it en vansinne or ett vansinne?

vansinne in a sentence

det vore vansinne att åka i det här vädret
it would be madness to go in this weather

Words built with vansinne

vansinneskörning insane driving
vansinnesfärd mad journey

Questions

What does vansinne mean in English?

vansinne means “madness”.

Is it en vansinne or ett vansinne?

It is ett vansinne, and “the madness” is vansinnet.

Similar words

galenskapvanvettdårskap

Origin

Back-formation from vansinnig, equivalent to van- + sinne.

Nearby common words

vansinne is number 2,726 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,722anropa call
2,723hälla pour
2,724feta boldface (set or print in boldface)
2,725imponerad impressed
2,727förråda betray, give away
2,728salt salted, salt
2,729uppnå bring about, reach
2,730fegis coward

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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