Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett byte

exchange, booty, loot, prey/ˈbyːtɛ/

Meaning

exchange; booty; loot; prey; plunder; quarry; byte

In Swedish: utbyte, bytande, utväxling

Forms

Forms of byte
Singular, indefiniteett byte
Singular, definitebytet
Plural, indefinitebyten
Plural, definitebytena

byte is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort byte, det stora bytet. Check another noun

Practise byte

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Is it en byte or ett byte?

byte in a sentence

  • de fick en ny bil i byte
    they got a new car in exchange
  • han blev ett lätt byte för deras övertalning
    he let himself be talked into it easily
  • byte av olja i bilen
    changing the oil in the car
  • däckbyte
    tire change
  • Jag ger dig en grej och får en annan grej i retur. Det är ett byte.
    I give you one thing and get another thing in return. That's an exchange.
  • Vargen tog ett byte
    The wolf caught a prey
  • Han var ett lätt byte
    He was an easy prey
  • piraternas stora byte
    the pirates' big loot

Words built with byte

  • lägenhetsbyte exchange of flats

Questions

What does byte mean in English?

byte means “exchange, booty”.

Is it en byte or ett byte?

It is ett byte, and “the exchange” is bytet.

What is the plural of byte?

The plural of byte is byten, and the definite plural is bytena.

Similar words

fångstväxling

Origin

Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)

Nearby common words

byte is number 2,294 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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