Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en vinge

wing/ˈvɪŋˌɛ/

Meaning

wing

In Swedish: kroppsdel som fågel flyger med

Forms

Forms of vinge
Singular, indefiniteen vinge
Singular, definitevingen
Plural, indefinitevingar
Plural, definitevingarna

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

Practise vinge

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Is it en vinge or ett vinge?

vinge in a sentence

  • Fågeln flaxade med vingarna
    The bird flapped its wings

Expressions

  • pröva vingarna
    spread one's wings
  • få luft under vingarna
    get off the ground

Words built with vinge

  • vingslag wing beat
  • fågelvinge bird's wing

Questions

What does vinge mean in English?

vinge means “wing”.

Is it en vinge or ett vinge?

It is en vinge, and “the wing” is vingen.

What is the plural of vinge?

The plural of vinge is vingar, and the definite plural is vingarna.

Origin

From Old Norse vængr, from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Nearby common words

vinge is number 2,511 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