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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en bostad

place to live, house, residence/²buːˌstɑːd/

Meaning

place to live; house; residence

In Swedish: hem; utrymme att bo permanent i

Forms

Forms of bostad
Singular, indefiniteen bostad
Singular, definitebostaden
Plural, indefinitebostäder
Plural, definitebostäderna

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

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Is it en bostad or ett bostad?

bostad in a sentence

  • de fick en bostad på tre rum och kök
    they were given a flat consisting of three rooms and a separate kitchen

Words built with bostad

  • bostadskö housing queue
  • bostadsområde residential area
  • bostadspolitik housing policy
  • bostadsproduktion housebuilding
  • bostadssökande house hunter, sby looking for somewhere to live
  • bostadshus residential building
  • bostadsbyggande housing construction
  • tjänstebostad official residence, accommodation coming with a job
  • bostadsbrist housing shortage

Questions

What does bostad mean in English?

bostad means “place to live, house”.

Is it en bostad or ett bostad?

It is en bostad, and “the place to live” is bostaden.

What is the plural of bostad?

The plural of bostad is bostäder, and the definite plural is bostäderna.

Similar words

hemvistboningett hemlyaresidens

Origin

bo (“to live”) + stad (“place”)

Nearby common words

bostad is number 3,088 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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