Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en container

container/kɔnˈtɛjnɛr/

Meaning

container

In Swedish: stor behållare, låda

Forms

Forms of container
Singular, indefiniteen container
Singular, definitecontainern
Plural, indefinitecontainrar
Plural, definitecontainrarna

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

Practise container

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Is it en container or ett container?

container in a sentence

  • två containrar föll överbord
    two containers fell overboard
  • Släng soporna i containern
    Throw the garbage in the dumpster
  • Det kan vara farligt att leka i en container
    Playing in a dumpster can be dangerous

Words built with container

  • sopcontainer skip

Questions

What does container mean in English?

container means “container”.

Is it en container or ett container?

It is en container, and “the container” is containern.

What is the plural of container?

The plural of container is containrar, and the definite plural is containrarna.

Origin

Borrowed from English container.

Nearby common words

container is number 4,544 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. Browse the dictionary