Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en dusch

shower, showerhead, shower/dɵɧː/

Meaning

shower, showerhead; shower

In Swedish: apparat som strilar vatten och som används när man tvättar kroppen

Forms

Forms of dusch
Singular, indefiniteen dusch
Singular, definiteduschen
Plural, indefiniteduschar
Plural, definiteduscharna

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

Practise dusch

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Is it en dusch or ett dusch?

dusch in a sentence

  • gå in i duschen
    enter the shower
  • Hon står i duschen
    She's in [is standing in] the shower
  • Han luktade illa, så han tog en dusch
    He smelled bad, so he took a shower
  • Vi fick oss en dusch när späckhuggaren landade
    We got showered [got ourselves a shower] when the killer whale landed

Words built with dusch

  • duschrum shower room
  • kalldusch cold shower, dash of cold water

Questions

What does dusch mean in English?

dusch means “shower, showerhead, shower”.

Is it en dusch or ett dusch?

It is en dusch, and “the shower” is duschen.

What is the plural of dusch?

The plural of dusch is duschar, and the definite plural is duscharna.

Origin

According to SAOB and NE: From French douche, from Italian doccia, from Latin ductus, from dūcō (“to lead”), from Proto-Italic *doukō, from Proto-Indo-European *déwkti, from the root *dewk-.

Nearby common words

dusch is number 2,453 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