The Swedish word for man is
man
| Declensions | |
|---|---|
| a man | en man |
| the man | mannen |
| men | män |
| the men | männen |
Translations for man and their definitions
| man |  © | |
| 1. n-m. man (adult male human) | ||
| En man går på gatan. - A man walks on the street. | ||
| Ungefär hundra män deltog i loppet. - Around one hundred men took part in the race. | ||
| I äldre tider sa man att björnen ägde sju mans styrka men en mans vett. - In older times, they said the bear has the strength of seven men but the sense of one man. | ||
| 2. n-m. husband | ||
| Vi går till caféet med våra män. - We go to the café with our husbands. | ||
| 3. n-m. a member of a crew, workforce or (military) troop | ||
| Vi var sjuttio man som slet i gruvan. - We were seventy men who toiled in the mine. | ||
| 4. n-m. (slang) man (usually friendly term of address) | ||
| Jalla, mannen! - Hurry up, man! | ||
| 5. pron. (indefinite) one, they; people in general | ||
| så vitt man vet - as far as one knows | ||
| 6. n-c. mane (of a horse or lion) | ||
| bemanna | |
| 1. v. to man (to take up position in order to operate something) |
| spelpjäs | |
| 1. n-c. man (piece in board games) |
| människa | |
| 1. n-c. a human being | |
| 2. n-c. a person, people; (as a count) | |
| Tre människor skadades i olyckan. - Three people were injured in the accident. | |
| 3. n-c. (in plural) mankind | |
| Jag skulle ljuga, om jag sade, att jag älskar människorna. - I would be lying if I said that I love mankind. | |
| 4. n-c. (in definate form) mankind, humankind, man as a species | |
| Att människan är ett djur kan ingen neka, ty hon har hjärta, hår, kött, ben och ådrar, genom vilka blod och vätskor drivas fram och åter. - Noone can deny that man is an animal, because she has | |
| (Carl Linneaus, modernized spelling) |
| pjäs | |
| 1. n-c. a piece, a play; theatrical performance | |
| 2. n-c. an (artillery) piece, a canon | |
| 3. n-c. a man (piece in board games) | |
| 4. n-c. a (larger) object (especially a decorative one) |
| mänska | |
| 1. n-c. Alternative form of människa (less common, informal, vernacular) |
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