Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en drink

drink/drɪŋk/

Meaning

drink

In Swedish: (alkoholhaltig) dryck

Forms

Forms of drink
Singular, indefiniteen drink
Singular, definitedrinken
Plural, indefinitedrinkar
Plural, definitedrinkarna

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

Practise drink

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Is it en drink or ett drink?

Questions

What does drink mean in English?

drink means “drink”.

Is it en drink or ett drink?

It is en drink, and “the drink” is drinken.

What is the plural of drink?

The plural of drink is drinkar, and the definite plural is drinkarna.

Origin

From English drink.

Nearby common words

drink is number 906 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