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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en dikt

fabrication, poem, fiction, poetry/dɪkt/

Meaning

fabrication; poem; fiction; poetry

In Swedish: poem; saga, påhitt

Forms

Forms of dikt
Singular, indefiniteen dikt
Singular, definitedikten
Plural, indefinitedikter
Plural, definitedikterna

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

Practise dikt

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Is it en dikt or ett dikt?

dikt in a sentence

  • en dikt av Gustaf Fröding
    a poem by Gustaf Fröding

Words built with dikt

  • diktsamling collection of poems
  • kärleksdikt love poem

Questions

What does dikt mean in English?

dikt means “fabrication, poem”.

Is it en dikt or ett dikt?

It is en dikt, and “the fabrication” is dikten.

What is the plural of dikt?

The plural of dikt is dikter, and the definite plural is dikterna.

Similar words

poem

Origin

From Old Norse dikt, from a Middle Low German noun derived from dichten, "to compose, author (a poem)".

Nearby common words

dikt is number 2,945 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,941korv sausage
  • 2,942färsk fresh, new
  • 2,943kvitt get rid of, shake off, be rid of
  • 2,944måltid a meal (occasion of eating (a more substantial amount of) food), a meal (the food eaten during a meal)
  • 2,946frukt fruit
  • 2,947norr north
  • 2,948krascha crash
  • 2,949serie set, succession
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