ett beck
Meaning
pitch
In Swedish: svart, trögflytande ämne från tjära
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | ett beck |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | becket |
beck is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort beck, det stora becket. Check another noun
Practise beck
1 / 1Is it en beck or ett beck?
Words built with beck
- becksvart pitch-black
Questions
What does beck mean in English?
beck means “pitch”.
Is it en beck or ett beck?
It is ett beck, and “the pitch” is becket.
Origin
From Old Norse bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix.
Nearby common words
beck is number 4,526 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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