Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en bil

car, motorcar, automobile (US), auto (US)/biːl/

Meaning

car; motorcar; automobile (US); auto (US)

In Swedish: ett slags motordrivet fordon

Forms

Forms of bil
Singular, indefiniteen bil
Singular, definitebilen
Plural, indefinitebilar
Plural, definitebilarna

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

Practise bil

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Is it en bil or ett bil?

bil in a sentence

  • åka bil
    go by car
  • Jag vet inte hur man kör en bil, kan du lära mig att köra?
    I don't know how to drive a car, can you teach me how to drive?
  • köra bil
    drive a car
  • köpa bil
    buy a car
  • sitta fram / bak i bilen
    sit in the front / back of the car
  • Jag tog bilen in till stan och handlade mat
    I took the car into town and picked up groceries [shopped food]

Words built with bil

  • biltrafik motor traffic
  • lastbil lorry, (truck)
  • bilsjuka carsickness
  • biltelefon car phone
  • bilfri free of cars
  • bilsjuk carsick
  • personbil passenger car
  • bilburen motorized

Questions

What does bil mean in English?

bil means “car, motorcar”.

Is it en bil or ett bil?

It is en bil, and “the car” is bilen.

What is the plural of bil?

The plural of bil is bilar, and the definite plural is bilarna.

Similar words

automobil

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Danish bil.

Nearby common words

bil is number 254 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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