Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en direktör

director/dɪrɛkˈtøːr/

Meaning

director

In Swedish: chef (för ett företag, en förvaltning etc)

Forms

Forms of direktör
Singular, indefiniteen direktör
Singular, definitedirektören
Plural, indefinitedirektörer
Plural, definitedirektörerna

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

Practise direktör

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Is it en direktör or ett direktör?

Words built with direktör

  • direktörsassistent assistant to the director
  • byrådirektör senior administrative officer, administrator
  • generaldirektör director-general

Questions

What does direktör mean in English?

direktör means “director”.

Is it en direktör or ett direktör?

It is en direktör, and “the director” is direktören.

What is the plural of direktör?

The plural of direktör is direktörer, and the definite plural is direktörerna.

Origin

Borrowed from French directeur.

Nearby common words

direktör is number 2,524 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