"folka" meaning in Swedish

See folka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} folka c, {{sv-noun|c}} folka c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-or}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], folka [indefinite, nominative, singular], folkas [genitive, indefinite, singular], folkan [definite, nominative, singular], folkans [definite, genitive, singular], folkor [indefinite, nominative, plural], folkors [genitive, indefinite, plural], folkorna [definite, nominative, plural], folkornas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (colloquial) clipping of folkvagn, Volkswagen, the people's car, especially a Beetle Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, common-gender Alternative form of: folkvagn (extra: the people's car, especially a Beetle), Volkswagen (extra: the people's car, especially a Beetle) Synonyms: bubbla
    Sense id: en-folka-sv-noun-0jErq3EU
  2. (colloquial, often in the definite and capitalized and used as a (sometimes unofficial) name – "Folkan") synonym of folkets hus Tags: colloquial, common-gender Synonyms: folkets hus [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-folka-sv-noun-gyuKxyX2 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 37 3 3 1 3 2 3 15 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

Inflected forms

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      "form": "folka",
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    {
      "form": "folkas",
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    },
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      "form": "folkor",
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        "genitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "folkorna",
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          "text": "Fullt med folkor på Mantorp",
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        }
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          "english": "go to Folkan / the People's House",
          "text": "gå på Folkan",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for folka meaning in Swedish (3.0kB)

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