Swedish noun

en auktoritet

authority

Meaning

authority

In Swedish: (person som har) anseende el. pondus

Forms

Forms of auktoritet
Singular, indefiniteen auktoritet
Singular, definiteauktoriteten
Plural, indefiniteauktoriteter
Plural, definiteauktoriteterna

auktoritet is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor auktoritet, den stora auktoriteten. Check another noun

Practise auktoritet

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Is it en auktoritet or ett auktoritet?

auktoritet in a sentence

  • hon är vår största auktoritet inom språkforskningen
    she is our foremost authority in the field of linguistic research
  • hon uppträder med stor auktoritet
    she acts with great authority

Questions

What does auktoritet mean in English?

auktoritet means “authority”.

Is it en auktoritet or ett auktoritet?

It is en auktoritet, and “the authority” is auktoriteten.

What is the plural of auktoritet?

The plural of auktoritet is auktoriteter, and the definite plural is auktoriteterna.

Nearby common words

auktoritet is number 5,335 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 5,331kross crusher (machine that crushes), chipping (fragment broken off from a larger material)
  • 5,332vissla whistle
  • 5,333städad decent
  • 5,334undgå escape
  • 5,336festival festival
  • 5,337härom about this (these, etc.); from here (there, etc.)
  • 5,338sabotera spoil, ruin
  • 5,339uråldrig ancient
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