Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en varning

warning

Meaning

warning

In Swedish: meddelande som varnar (för något)

Forms

Forms of varning
Singular, indefiniteen varning
Singular, definitevarningen
Plural, indefinitevarningar
Plural, definitevarningarna

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

Practise varning

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Is it en varning or ett varning?

varning in a sentence

  • Varning för hunden!
    Beware of the dog!
  • utan föregående varning
    without any warning
  • slippa undan med en varning
    get off with a warning

Words built with varning

  • varningsskylt warning sign
  • varningssignal warning signal
  • stormvarning gale warning

Questions

What does varning mean in English?

varning means “warning”.

Is it en varning or ett varning?

It is en varning, and “the warning” is varningen.

What is the plural of varning?

The plural of varning is varningar, and the definite plural is varningarna.

Origin

varna + -ing

Nearby common words

varning is number 1,809 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