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en.

object form of the indefinite pronoun man ("one," "you")

2 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

pron/ɛnː//ɛŋ//ɛm//ɛɱ/
  1. object form of the indefinite pronoun man ("one," "you")

    Det man inte vet skadar en inte
  2. one, you

    colloquial · dialectal
    Det en inte vet har en inte ont av.
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish ēn, æn, from Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”).

noun/eːn/
  1. juniper

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From earlier ene (sometimes also ener), from Old Norse einir.

article/ɛnː//ɛŋ//ɛm//ɛɱ/
  1. the indefinite article: a, an.

    common-gender
    Jag såg en björn i skogen
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish ēn, æn, from Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”).

num/ɛnː//ɛŋ//ɛm//ɛɱ/
  1. one

    Vill du ha en eller två?
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish ēn, æn, from Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”).

adv/ɛnː//ɛŋ//ɛm//ɛɱ/
  1. like, approximately, roughly, around

    not-comparable
    Vi var väl en femton stycken.
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish ēn, æn, from Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”).

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