Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en vänskap

friendship

Meaning

friendship

In Swedish: det att vara vän med någon

Forms

Forms of vänskap
Singular, indefiniteen vänskap
Singular, definitevänskapen
Plural, indefinitevänskaper
Plural, definitevänskaperna

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

Practise vänskap

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Is it en vänskap or ett vänskap?

Words built with vänskap

  • vänskapsband bonds of friendship

Questions

What does vänskap mean in English?

vänskap means “friendship”.

Is it en vänskap or ett vänskap?

It is en vänskap, and “the friendship” is vänskapen.

What is the plural of vänskap?

The plural of vänskap is vänskaper, and the definite plural is vänskaperna.

Similar words

frändskap

Origin

vän + -skap

Nearby common words

vänskap is number 2,275 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