svenska

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Old Norse

Adjective

svenska

  1. strong feminine accusative singular of svenskr
  2. strong masculine accusative plural of svenskr
  3. weak masculine oblique singular of svenskr
  4. weak feminine nominative singular of svenskr
  5. weak neuter all cases singular of svenskr

Swedish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²svɛnska/
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Adjective

svenska

  1. inflection of svensk:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Noun

svenska c

  1. (uncountable) Swedish (language)
    Talar du svenska?
    Do you speak Swedish?
    Hon talar inte (så mycket) svenska
    She doesn't speak (much) Swedish
    Ursäkta, min svenska är inte så bra
    Excuse me, my Swedish isn't very good
    Hur säger man det på svenska?
    How do you say that / it in Swedish?
    Vad heter det på svenska?
    What is that / it called in Swedish?
    Det kan vara svårt att öva sin svenska när folk byter till engelska
    It can be difficult to practice your Swedish when people switch to English
    Alla talar svenska
    Everyone speaks Swedish
    lånord i svenskan
    loan words in Swedish
  2. a female Swede
    – Är hennes kollega också norska? – Nej, hon är svenska.
    – Is her colleague also a Norwegian? – No, she is a Swede.
    två svenskor
    two Swedish women

Declension

Declension of svenska
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svenska svenskas
definite svenskan svenskans
plural indefinite svenskor svenskors
definite svenskorna svenskornas

Derived terms

References

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