Noun: kvinna
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | kvinna |
| Sg. Def. | kvinnan |
| Pl. Indef. | kvinnor |
| Pl. Def. | kvinnorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | kvinnas |
| Sg. Def. | kvinnans |
| Pl. Indef. | kvinnors |
| Pl. Def. | kvinnornas |
Sample Sentences
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män och kvinnor (men and women)
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flickor och kvinnor (girls and women)
Nouns inflected like kvinna
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old Swedish kvinna,
2. from Runic Swedish kuino, from Old Norse kvæna, from kván (“wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Cognate with English queen. See: Old Norse Nouns '
kvæna', English Nouns '
queen'.
Verbs referencing "kvinna"
English Nouns
queen, English Nouns
quean.
Translations