Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

bitter

acrimonious, bitter

Meaning

acrimonious; bitter

In Swedish: besk, skarp

Forms

Forms of bitter
Basic form	bitter	with en-words
Neuter	bittert	with ett-words
Plural and definite	bittra	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	bittrare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	bittrast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does bitter mean?

bitter in a sentence

en bitter kamp
a bitter struggle
kritiken gjorde honom bitter
he was embittered by the criticism

Questions

What does bitter mean in English?

bitter means “acrimonious, bitter”.

Origin

From Old Norse bitr (partly through the influence of Middle Low German bitter), from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.

Nearby common words

bitter is number 3,768 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,764skapare composer, creator
3,765utländsk foreign
3,766vaka sit (stay) up
3,767kvitto receipt
3,769förnuft reason, sense
3,770granat shell
3,771mobiltelefon a cell phone, a mobile phone
3,772gränd alley

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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