Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en väntan

wait/²vɛntan/

Meaning

wait

Forms

Forms of väntan
Singular, indefinite	en väntan
Singular, definite	väntan

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

Practise väntan

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Is it en väntan or ett väntan?

Questions

What does väntan mean in English?

väntan means “wait”.

Is it en väntan or ett väntan?

It is en väntan, and “the wait” is väntan.

Origin

From vänta + -an.

Nearby common words

väntan is number 4,469 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,465jättegott delicious
4,466vansinnig mad
4,467hurdan what
4,468bakdörr back door
4,470nerför down, alternative form of nedför
4,471cigg a cigarette, a cig
4,472avvisa turn down, send away
4,473fastställa establish, appoint

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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