Swedish noun

en viking

Viking/²viːˌkɪŋ/

Meaning

Viking

In Swedish: sjöfarande nordisk krigare och handelsman från tiden före och omkring 1000-talet

Forms

Forms of viking
Singular, indefiniteen viking
Singular, definitevikingen
Plural, indefinitevikingar
Plural, definitevikingarna

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

Practise viking

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Is it en viking or ett viking?

Words built with viking

  • vikingaskepp Viking ship

Questions

What does viking mean in English?

viking means “Viking”.

Is it en viking or ett viking?

It is en viking, and “the Viking” is vikingen.

What is the plural of viking?

The plural of viking is vikingar, and the definite plural is vikingarna.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr.

Nearby common words

viking is number 6,501 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