Swedish noun

en duk

cloth, screen/ˈdʉːk/

Meaning

cloth; screen

In Swedish: tyg att lägga på bord

Forms

Forms of duk
Singular, indefiniteen duk
Singular, definiteduken
Plural, indefinitedukar
Plural, definitedukarna

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

Practise duk

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Is it en duk or ett duk?

duk in a sentence

  • på vita duken
    on the silver screen

Words built with duk

  • bordduk tablecloth
  • filmduk motion-picture screen

Questions

What does duk mean in English?

duk means “cloth, screen”.

Is it en duk or ett duk?

It is en duk, and “the cloth” is duken.

What is the plural of duk?

The plural of duk is dukar, and the definite plural is dukarna.

Origin

From Old Norse dúkr, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk-.

Nearby common words

duk is number 6,650 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 6,647uppfart approach
  • 6,648sprita to disinfect with alcohol, to drink hard liquor
  • 6,649lyx luxury
  • 6,651sits seat, lie [of the cards]
  • 6,652skorsten chimney, funnel
  • 6,653superkraft superpower (a fictional extraordinary physical or mental ability)
  • 6,654slagträ a bat (club used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball), something used to try to beat down an opponent, like an argument one sees as particularly strong
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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