klänning
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From klädning (“costume”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]klänning c
- a dress (woman's garment that covers the upper body (going over the shoulders) and includes a skirt below the waist)
Usage notes
[edit]Klänning might sometimes sounds a bit fancier than dress. A garment that doesn't go over the shoulders often feels like a kjol instead.
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | klänning | klännings |
definite | klänningen | klänningens | |
plural | indefinite | klänningar | klänningars |
definite | klänningarna | klänningarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]- aftonklänning
- balklänning
- brudklänning
- bröllopsklänning
- cocktailklänning
- klänningsliv
- miniklänning
- sommarklänning
- solklänning
See also
[edit]- kjol (“skirt”)