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Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en botten

bottomAlso the definite form of bot.

Meaning

bottom

In Swedish: det som är längst ner

Forms

Forms of botten
Singular, indefiniteen botten
Singular, definitebottnen
Plural, indefinitebottnar
Plural, definitebottnarna

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

Practise botten

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Is it en botten or ett botten?

botten in a sentence

  • Det kändes botten
    It felt very bad

Expressions

  • i grund och botten
    essentially
  • filmen är botten
    the film is terrible

Words built with botten

  • havsbotten sea bed
  • bottenvåning ground floor, (first floor)
  • bottenlös bottomless

Questions

What does botten mean in English?

botten means “bottom”.

Is it en botten or ett botten?

It is en botten, and “the bottom” is bottnen.

What is the plural of botten?

The plural of botten is bottnar, and the definite plural is bottnarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish butn, botn, from Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.

Nearby common words

botten is number 1,986 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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