Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en värld

world/vɛːrd/

Meaning

world

In Swedish: allt som existerar

Forms

Forms of värld
Singular, indefiniteen värld
Singular, definitevärlden
Plural, indefinitevärldar
Plural, definitevärldarna

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

Practise värld

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Is it en värld or ett värld?

värld in a sentence

  • över hela världen
    all over the world
  • världens största fartyg
    the biggest ship in the world
  • den akademiska världen
    the academic world
  • världen under havsytan
    the undersea world
  • Fysiken beskriver världen
    [The] physics describes the world
  • affärsvärlden
    the business world
  • hennes inre värld
    her inner world
  • vara i sin egen lilla värld
    be in one's own little world

Expressions

  • det är inte hela världen
    it is not the end of the wold
  • förr i världen
    in former times
  • komma till världen
    come into the world
  • (den) undre världen
    (the) underworld

Words built with värld

  • världskarta map of the world
  • världsrymden outer space, the universe
  • djurvärld animal world
  • affärsvärld business world

Questions

What does värld mean in English?

värld means “world”.

Is it en värld or ett värld?

It is en värld, and “the world” is världen.

What is the plural of värld?

The plural of värld is världar, and the definite plural is världarna.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish væruld, værald, værild, værld, from Old Norse verǫld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.

Nearby common words

värld is number 236 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