Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett våld

violence

Meaning

violence

In Swedish: användning av fysisk styrka eller annat övertag för att skada någon el. driva igenom sin vilja

Forms

Forms of våld
Singular, indefiniteett våld
Singular, definitevåldet

våld is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort våld, det stora våldet. Check another noun

Practise våld

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Is it en våld or ett våld?

våld in a sentence

  • det politiska våldet
    political violence
  • föra bort någon med våld
    abduct sby by force
  • bruka våld
    use violence
  • ta makten med våld
    take power by force

Expressions

  • ha någon i sitt våld
    have sby in one's power

Words built with våld

  • våldsbrott violent crime
  • övervåld outrage

Questions

What does våld mean in English?

våld means “violence”.

Is it en våld or ett våld?

It is ett våld, and “the violence” is våldet.

Origin

From Old Swedish vald, from Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Nearby common words

våld is number 1,584 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