Noun: mån
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | mån |
| Sg. Def. | månen |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | måns |
| Sg. Def. | månens |
Sample Sentences
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i samma (någon, stor, liten, viss) mån (to the same (some, a large, a little, certain) degree)
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i mån av tid (if there is time (depending on how much time is available))
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att i största möjliga mån undvika spill (to avoid waste as much as possible)
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vinna med en hårsmån (win by a hair's breadth ("margin"))
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sömsmån (seam allowance ("margin"))
Nouns inflected like mån
konservatism,
underdånighet,
nöjesjournalistik,
lydnadsplikt,
nedbrytning,
finkänslighet,
glupskhet,
desinficering,
upprabbling,
snörök,
granntyckthet,
seghet,
ostadighet,
uppnåelighet,
sadism,
samsyn,
samtid,
sammet,
sambal,
pubertet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Swedish mon, from or related to Old Norse munr (“will, desire, mind”), see also the verb mana (“to encourage, urge”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
munr'.
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