fel – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of fel

Noun: fel
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.fel
Sg. Def.felet
Pl. Indef.fel
Pl. Def.felen

Genitive

Sg. Indef.fels
Sg. Def.felets
Pl. Indef.fels
Pl. Def.felens

Sample Sentences

  • Jag erkänner, jag gjorde fel (I admit, I made a mistake / I did wrong (can mean morally or otherwise))
  • Han har fel (He is wrong ("has wrong" – idiomatic))
  • Vi hittade flera fel i artikeln (We found several errors in the article)
  • Det är något fel på datorn (There is something wrong with the computer)
  • Två fel gör inte ett rätt (Two wrongs don't make a right (idiomatic))

Etymology

See Norwegian feil and Danish fejl. Used in Swedish at least since 1527. For the adverb, the now obsolete form felt was the dominant written form until the mid 19th century.

Verbs referencing "fel"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns feil.

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