Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en vinkel

angle

Meaning

angle

In Swedish: öppning mellan två räta linjer som utgår från samma punkt, hörn

Forms

Forms of vinkel
Singular, indefiniteen vinkel
Singular, definitevinkeln
Plural, indefinitevinklar
Plural, definitevinklarna

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

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Is it en vinkel or ett vinkel?

vinkel in a sentence

  • rät vinkel
    right angle
  • 90 graders vinkel
    90 degree angle

Expressions

  • i alla vinklar och vrår
    in every nook and cranny

Questions

What does vinkel mean in English?

vinkel means “angle”.

Is it en vinkel or ett vinkel?

It is en vinkel, and “the angle” is vinkeln.

What is the plural of vinkel?

The plural of vinkel is vinklar, and the definite plural is vinklarna.

Origin

From Middle Low German winkel, from Old Saxon *winkil, from Proto-West Germanic *winkil, from Proto-Indo-European *weng-.

Nearby common words

vinkel is number 3,787 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