"Vilken våning är det?"

Translation: Which floor is it?

[alexander_kramer]

this is very confusing for dutch people :S

[HelenCarlsson]

Please explain why :)! My guess is that you have something similar to the German "Wohnung".

[Torsby]

That's right. Woning :S

[SapphiraeLupa]

It's the same in Afrikaans and it keeps tripping me up too.

[Ollyfer]

Wait: Is this not a floor in the sense of the synonymous story, to be translated as Stockwerk in German? Now I am even more confused by this word, although the Swedish sounds very similar to the German Wohnung.

[Kreilyn]

Is there any difference between våning and glove?

[HelenCarlsson]

Well, as far as I know there is nothing called "glove" in Swedish :). What do you mean?

[JonathonAustin]

I think golv is miswritten here as glove :) I reckon that 'våning' refers to the whole storey of a building, right? And 'golv' is more like the pavement itself of an interior room?

[HelenCarlsson]

Of course! And yes, your explanation is correct.

[Kreilyn]

Ups,! it's was a typo. i meant the difference between golvet and våningen but now jonathonAustin helped me with that...!!!

[mokane3562]

Shouldn't it be "Vilken våning är den?" My logic is if "vilken" is used then it must be "en våning", and if that's the case "det" should be "den" right? =s

[HelenCarlsson]

Your comment makes sense, but it's actually not correct :). We are talking about an en-word (våning), but still use the neutral "det". Compare to
Vad är det?
Det regnar.
Det är en fin hund.

[kiteo]

Ah, like “Who is it?” I’m guessing.

[LouisOng]

"Which floor is it on": the "it" subject does not refer to the floor (which is the object), but the subject. So I think it doesn't make sense to attribute a "den" (the subject) to the "våning" (the object)

[egezor]

I had the same question :_) ty

[Zed480516]

My 37 year old dictionary says "våning" is "apartment". That is now marked wrong. Has usage changed?

[Arnauti]

Yes, it has. The word våning is still sometimes used about more luxurious apartments, but normally it only means 'floor' these days ('floor' only as in '1st, 2nd floor', not as in 'the kitchen floor is checkered').
'an apartment' is en lägenhet.

[atznj]

What is the translation for "which floor is this?"

[Zmrzlina]

Vilken våning är det här?

[JohnMcConn7]

Why is 'which storey is it' wrong?

[devalanteriel]

That's a perfectly sensible translation.

[cvictoria42]

Would this be used in a context such as you know what building someone's office is in, and you want to know which floor it's on?

[HelenCarlsson]

Which floor.

[RhydianJenkins]

Can level/nivå be used here also, or does that not work in swedish when referencing floors of a building? (Vilken nivå är det)
Tack.

[devalanteriel]

våning is always in the "storey of a building" sense, but nivå never is.

[Kurlibka]

The word "våning" should be taught in the "Places" section in my opinion

[AllieKaybee]

Why not "Which floor is this?"

[devalanteriel]

"this" is det här or detta, but never just det.