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When you want to exclaim "What a...!" to express surprise or a strong reaction, Swedish uses the words **vilken**, **vilket**, and **vilka**.

The form you choose depends on the gender and number of the noun you are reacting to. Notice that unlike English, Swedish does not add a word for "a" or "an" in these phrases.

### En-words (Vilken)

For singular *en*-words, use **vilken**. The adjective and noun that follow are in their basic, indefinite forms.

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### Ett-words (Vilket)

For singular *ett*-words, use **vilket**. Remember that any adjective describing an *ett*-word must take the neuter **-t** ending.

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### Plural (Vilka)

For plural nouns of either gender, use **vilka**. The adjective takes its plural **-a** ending.

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### Building Longer Reactions

You can easily expand these exclamations into full sentences by adding a short clause like *det var* (it was) at the end, or by linking multiple adjectives together to emphasize your surprise.

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Exclamatory phrases (vilken, vilket, vilka)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite ending (barnet, hunden)

Indefinite articles and -ar verbs (en, ett)

Basic word order

Singular adjectives (stor, stort)

Plural adjectives (-a)

Sentence negation (inte)

Yes/No questions

Basic question words (vad, vem, var)

Regular Group 2 verbs (-er)

Short verbs and irregulars (har, gör)

The infinitive marker (att)

Modal verbs (kan, vill, måste, får)

Future intention (ska)

Time adverbs (imorgon, igår)

Word order inversion

Adverbs of frequency (ibland, aldrig)

Everyday things (dörren, stolen, tåget)

Definite suffix spelling changes

Plural nouns Group 1 and 2 (-or, -ar)

Plural nouns Group 3 (-er, -r)

Neuter indefinite plurals

Definite plural suffixes (-na, -a, -en)

Object pronouns (mig, dig, oss)

Reflexive pronouns (sig)

Expanded question words (när, varför)

Which and what (vilken, vilket, vilka)

Coordinating conjunctions (men, eller, för)

Prepositions of place (i, på, till, från)

Quantifiers (mycket, många)

Indefinite pronouns (någon, något, några)

First and second person possessives (min, din, vår, er)

Third person possessives (hans, hennes, dess, deras)

Reflexive possessives (sin, sitt, sina)

The genitive (-s)

Adjectives before singular nouns

Adjectives before plural nouns (-a)

Double definiteness (den, det, de)

Demonstratives (den här, det här, de här)

The imperative mood

Past tense of vara and ha (var, hade)

Possessives for names (-s)

Definite plural adjectives (de ... -a)

Genitive case for names (-s)

Numbers 1 to 10 (en, två, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (elva till tjugo)

Counting by tens to 100 (trettio, fyrtio...)

Days of the week (måndag, tisdag...)

Months of the year (januari, februari...)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (första, andra...)

Greetings and politeness (hej, tack, förlåt)

Particle verbs of direction (gå ut, komma in)

Simple past: Group 1 (-ade)

Simple past: Group 2a (-de)

Simple past: Group 2b (-te)

Simple past: Group 3 (-dde)

Simple past: Group 4

Present perfect: Groups 1 and 2 (har)

Present perfect: Groups 3 and 4

Past perfect (hade)

Future predictions (kommer att)

Future with present tense

The adjective small (liten, litet, små)

Demonstratives of distance (den där, det där, de där)

Negative pronouns (ingen, inget, inga)

Universal pronouns (all, allt, alla)

The generic pronoun (man, en)

Possessive generic pronoun (ens)

Reciprocal pronoun (varandra)

Qualitative pronouns (sådan, sådant, sådana)

Habitual time expressions (på)

Specific past time expressions (i)

Past time expressions (för ... sedan)

Future time expressions (om)

Location and motion adverbs (här/hit, där/dit)

Consequences (så)

Correlative conjunctions (både ... och)

Either and neither (antingen ... eller, varken ... eller)

Verbs of opinion and belief (tycker, tror, tänker)

Subordinate clauses (att, om)

Time clauses (när, innan, medan)

Clauses of cause (eftersom, därför att)

Negation in subordinate clauses (inte)

V2 word order inversion

Relative clauses as subjects (som)

Relative clauses as objects (som)

Relative clauses for places (där)

Adverbs from adjectives (-t)

Adjective comparative and superlative (-are, -ast)

Question	Answer
terrible	hemsk
the surprise	överraskningen
What a terrible surprise!	Vilken hemsk överraskning!
strange	konstig
the sound	ljudet
What a strange sound!	Vilket konstigt ljud!
generous	generös
What generous gifts you gave us!	Vilka generösa presenter ni gav oss!
crazy	galen
the shock	chocken
What a crazy idea, that was a shock you know!	Vilken galen idé, det var ju en chock!
messy (untidy, rowdy)	stökig
What a messy room he has!	Vilket stökigt rum han har!
What loud noises we heard yesterday!	Vilka höga ljud vi hörde igår!
What a wonderful cake!	Vilken underbar tårta!
What a fantastic surprise it was!	Vilken fantastisk överraskning det var!
What a big shock it was yesterday!	Vilken stor chock det var igår!
What a dark and messy office!	Vilket mörkt och stökigt kontor!
delicious	utsökt
What a delicious dinner, it was expensive I suppose?	Vilken utsökt middag, den var väl dyr?
impressive	imponerande
What an impressive view from the balcony!	Vilken imponerande utsikt från balkongen!
What an impressive and delicious wine!	Vilket imponerande och utsökt vin!
What terrible and strange sounds!	Vilka hemska och konstiga ljud!
What a crazy but generous gift!	Vilken galen men generös present!