Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en dumhet

stupidity, thoughtlessness

Meaning

stupidity; thoughtlessness

In Swedish: enfald; obetänksamhet

Forms

Forms of dumhet
Singular, indefinite	en dumhet
Singular, definite	dumheten
Plural, indefinite	dumheter
Plural, definite	dumheterna

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

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Is it en dumhet or ett dumhet?

dumhet in a sentence

jag gjorde det av ren dumhet
I did it out of sheer stupidity
Dumheter!
Nonsense!

Questions

What does dumhet mean in English?

dumhet means “stupidity, thoughtlessness”.

Is it en dumhet or ett dumhet?

It is en dumhet, and “the stupidity” is dumheten.

What is the plural of dumhet?

The plural of dumhet is dumheter, and the definite plural is dumheterna.

Similar words

onödiga frågorenfald

Origin

From dum (“stupid”) + -het (abstract noun suffix).

Nearby common words

dumhet is number 3,119 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,115angel a pike hook
3,116avrätta execute, put to death
3,117skett taken place, come about
3,118negativ negative
3,120nagel nail
3,121tekniskt Technical, innovated
3,122missförstånd misunderstanding
3,123underlig odd, strange

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary