"Ruben" meaning in Swedish

See Ruben in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Rubens [genitive]
Etymology: From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|he|רְאוּבֵן|tr=r'uvén}} Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén) Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Rubens|g=c|head=}} Ruben c (genitive Rubens), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Ruben c (genitive Rubens)
  1. Reuben (biblical character). Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-Ruben-sv-name-FHTqSGil Categories (other): Biblical characters Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 87 13
  2. a male given name from Hebrew Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-Ruben-sv-name-qrB7TwYp Categories (other): Swedish given names, Swedish male given names, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Individuals Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Individuals: 42 58

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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