Swedish noun

en äng

meadow/ˈɛŋː/

Meaning

meadow

In Swedish: gräsmark

Forms

Forms of äng
Singular, indefiniteen äng
Singular, definiteängen
Plural, indefiniteängar
Plural, definiteängarna

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

Practise äng

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Is it en äng or ett äng?

äng in a sentence

  • åker och äng
    fields and meadows
  • – Det var en ko på ängen. – Jag fattar inte. – Det var kon som var på ängen. / Det var kon som var poängen.
    – There was a cow in [on] the meadow. – I don't get it. – It was the cow that was in [on] the meadow. / It was the cow that was the point / punch line. [common pun]

Words built with äng

  • sommaräng summer meadow (grazing)
  • ängsblomma meadow flower

Questions

What does äng mean in English?

äng means “meadow”.

Is it en äng or ett äng?

It is en äng, and “the meadow” is ängen.

What is the plural of äng?

The plural of äng is ängar, and the definite plural is ängarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish æng, from Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō.

Nearby common words

äng is number 7,068 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. Browse the dictionary