Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en dotter

daughter/²dɔtɛr/

Meaning

daughter

In Swedish: barn (till någon) av kvinnligt kön, flicka

Forms

Forms of dotter
Singular, indefiniteen dotter
Singular, definitedottern
Plural, indefinitedöttrar
Plural, definitedöttrarna

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

Practise dotter

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Is it en dotter or ett dotter?

Words built with dotter

Questions

What does dotter mean in English?

dotter means “daughter”.

Is it en dotter or ett dotter?

It is en dotter, and “the daughter” is dottern.

What is the plural of dotter?

The plural of dotter is döttrar, and the definite plural is döttrarna.

Where the course teaches it

Nearby common words

dotter is number 394 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 390svårt hard, difficult, tricky, difficult
  • 391lägg lay
  • 392kropp body, trunk
  • 393plan plan, map
  • 395lika equal
  • 396fin smart, fine
  • 397redo ready, prepared
  • 398mej me, pronunciation spelling of mig
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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