Swedish noun

en yngling

youth

Meaning

youth

In Swedish: ung man, pojke

Forms

Forms of yngling
Singular, indefiniteen yngling
Singular, definiteynglingen
Plural, indefiniteynglingar
Plural, definiteynglingarna

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

Practise yngling

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Is it en yngling or ett yngling?

Questions

What does yngling mean in English?

yngling means “youth”.

Is it en yngling or ett yngling?

It is en yngling, and “the youth” is ynglingen.

What is the plural of yngling?

The plural of yngling is ynglingar, and the definite plural is ynglingarna.

Similar words

ung man

Origin

From Old Norse ynglingr, from Proto-Germanic *jungilingaz.

Nearby common words

yngling is number 7,793 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 7,789främja forward, further
  • 7,790misstro distrust
  • 7,791revir territory, preserve
  • 7,792temperament temperament
  • 7,794guling a gook, a slope (person from East or Southeast Asia), a strikebreaker, a scab
  • 7,795yrka demand, move
  • 7,796sluppit have been let off, have been excused from
  • 7,797intensiven Intensive Care Unit (slang), intensive care
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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