Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en bok

book, beech/buːk/

Meaning

book; beech

In Swedish: lövträdet Fagus silvatica

Forms

Forms of bok
Singular, indefiniteen bok
Singular, definiteboken
Plural, indefiniteböcker
Plural, definiteböckerna

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

Practise bok

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Is it en bok or ett bok?

bok in a sentence

  • läsa en bok
    read a book
  • skriva en bok
    write a book
  • bläddra i en bok
    flip/leaf through a book, (sometimes, by implication) browse through a book

Words built with bok

  • bokskog beech wood
  • barnbok children's book
  • bokhandel bookshop
  • bokanmälan book review
  • bokbinderi bookbinder's
  • bokmarknad book fair
  • bokmärke bookmark
  • bokförlag publishing house
  • bokkafé literary café
  • bokklubb book club

Questions

What does bok mean in English?

bok means “book, beech”.

Is it en bok or ett bok?

It is en bok, and “the book” is boken.

What is the plural of bok?

The plural of bok is böcker, and the definite plural is böckerna.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, of uncertain origin but usually connected to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵ- (“beech”) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to allot”).

Nearby common words

bok is number 647 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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