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- "En ren äter ett äpple."
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friswing
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Well, since the vowel is followed by only one consonant, the vowel is rather long. A double consonant would shorten the vowel. I think this is typical of Swedish, and I can't think of an English equivalent.
friswing
2543
Unfortunately, no rule is that easy. I'm native Swede, and I have to go through every animal-word to check that. I have not yet. It seems that many common animals are "en" nouns. But not all. A sheep = ett får. A swine = ett svin. A wild boar = ett vildsvin. A lion = ett lejon. ... There might be more