Word
Vilken stor framgång!
Meaning
What a big success!
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Vilken stor framgång!
stor
big
vilken
which (en) / what a (en-word, exclamatory)
framgången
the success
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Questions & Answers about Vilken stor framgång!
Why does vilken mean "what a" here instead of "which"?
In Swedish, the word for "which" (vilken, vilket, or vilka) is also used to make exclamations meaning "what a...!" or "what...!". You match it to the gender and number of the noun, which is why we use vilken for the en-word framgång.
Is it wrong to literally translate this as "Vad en stor framgång"?
Yes, that would sound unnatural. While vad means "what" in questions, you must use a form of vilken when saying "What a [noun]!" in an exclamation.
Why is stor in its basic form here?
Because it is describing framgång, which is a singular en-word. If the noun were an ett-word, it would be stort, and if it were plural, it would be stora.
How is the word framgång built?
It is a compound word made of fram (forward) and gång (walk or path). So "moving forward" translates to "success"!