Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en byxa

[pair of] trousers (UK), [pair of] pants (US)

Meaning

[pair of] trousers (UK); [pair of] pants (US)

In Swedish: ett klädesplagg

Forms

Forms of byxa
Singular, indefiniteen byxa
Singular, definitebyxan
Plural, indefinitebyxor
Plural, definitebyxorna

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

Practise byxa

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Is it en byxa or ett byxa?

Words built with byxa

  • byxben trouser leg

Questions

What does byxa mean in English?

byxa means “[pair of] trousers (UK), [pair of] pants (US)”.

Is it en byxa or ett byxa?

It is en byxa, and “the [pair of] trousers” is byxan.

What is the plural of byxa?

The plural of byxa is byxor, and the definite plural is byxorna.

Similar words

brallabenkläder

Origin

From Old Swedish byksa (pl.

Nearby common words

byxa is number 2,454 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