Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en blixt

lightning, flash, flashlight/blɪkːst/

Meaning

lightning; flash; flashlight

In Swedish: snabbt ljussken vid åskväder

Forms

Forms of blixt
Singular, indefiniteen blixt
Singular, definiteblixten
Plural, indefiniteblixtar
Plural, definiteblixtarna

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

Practise blixt

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Is it en blixt or ett blixt?

blixt in a sentence

  • han kom som en blixt
    he came with lightning rapidity
  • det var som en blixt från en klar himmel
    it was like a bolt from the blue
  • Det är en myt att blixten aldrig slår ner två gånger på samma ställe.
    It is a myth that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
  • Två blixtar slog ned i samma träd.
    Two bolts of lightning struck the same tree.

Words built with blixt

  • blixtvisit flying visit
  • blixthalka treacherously icy roads
  • blixtsnabb quick as lightning
  • snilleblixt flash of genius

Questions

What does blixt mean in English?

blixt means “lightning, flash”.

Is it en blixt or ett blixt?

It is en blixt, and “the lightning” is blixten.

What is the plural of blixt?

The plural of blixt is blixtar, and the definite plural is blixtarna.

Origin

Deverbal from blixta, which is itself from blixa.

Nearby common words

blixt is number 3,090 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,086get goat
  • 3,087änka widow
  • 3,088bostad place to live, house
  • 3,089vd CEO, chief executive officer; abbreviation of verkställande direktör
  • 3,091mus mouse
  • 3,092uppfylla fulfil, fill
  • 3,093greve count
  • 3,094tonåring a teenager (person between the ages of thirteen and nineteen)
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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