Swedish Plural Nouns

Learn how to form plural nouns in Swedish

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Swedish Plural Nouns

An en word takes one of the following endings when it is pluralized: or, ar, er. An ett word takes an n or no ending at all.

Indefinite Plural

En words that end in -a	drop -a and add -or	en klocka - klockor	a watch - (some) watches
En words that end in -e	drop -e and add -ar	en pojke - pojkar	a boy - (some) boys
En words with stress on last vowel	add -er	en kamrat - kamrater	a friend - (some) friends
Ett words that end in a vowel	add -n	ett ställe - ställen	a place - (some) places
Ett words that end in a consonant	no ending	ett rum - rum	a room - (some) rooms

To form the definite plural, you must first form the indefinite plural and then add these endings to that word.

Indef. Plural En words	add -na	klockor - klockorna	(some) watches - the watches
Indef. Plural Ett words that end in a vowel	add -a	ställen - ställena	(some) places - the places
Indef. Plural Ett words that end in a consonant	add -en	rum - rummen	(some) rooms - the rooms

There are some nouns that change their vowel in the plural. These nouns usually take the -er ending when forming the indefinite plural.

en natt - nätter	a night - nights	en bonde - bönder	a farmer - farmers
en stad - städer	a town - towns	en ledamot - ledamöter	a member - members
en hand - händer	a hand - hands	en fot - fötter	a foot - feet
en tand - tänder	a tooth - teeth	en rot - rötter	a root - roots
en strand - stränder	a beach - beaches	en bok - böcker	a book - books
en rand - ränder	a stripe - stripes	en man - män	a man - men
ett land - länder	a country - countries	mannen - männen	the man - the men

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