Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett bedrägeri

deceit, cheating; fraud/bɛdrɛːɡɛˈriː/

Meaning

deceit, cheating; fraud

In Swedish: handling som innebär att man lurar någon så att man vinner på det själv, svek

Forms

Forms of bedrägeri
Singular, indefiniteett bedrägeri
Singular, definitebedrägeriet
Plural, indefinitebedrägerier
Plural, definitebedrägerierna

bedrägeri is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort bedrägeri, det stora bedrägeriet. Check another noun

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bedrägeri in a sentence

  • dömas för grovt bedrägeri
    be sentenced for gross fraud

Questions

What does bedrägeri mean in English?

bedrägeri means “deceit, cheating; fraud”.

Is it en bedrägeri or ett bedrägeri?

It is ett bedrägeri, and “the deceit” is bedrägeriet.

What is the plural of bedrägeri?

The plural of bedrägeri is bedrägerier, and the definite plural is bedrägerierna.

Similar words

bluffruffellurendrejerisvindlerilura

Origin

bedraga + -eri, with umlaut.

Nearby common words

bedrägeri is number 3,918 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,914kommunist Communist
  • 3,915korpral corporal
  • 3,916syrra sister
  • 3,917kinesisk Chinese
  • 3,919bokstavligen literally (not figuratively, allegorically, etc. – in truth), literally (exactly matching or corresponding to the original word(s) (of for example a translation))
  • 3,920avskedad fired, kicked (from a job)
  • 3,921misstanke suspicion
  • 3,922kidnappade kidnapped
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary