Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en egenskap

characteristic, property, quality, capacity

Meaning

characteristic; property; quality; capacity

In Swedish: beskaffenhet, kännetecken; sätt att vara

Forms

Forms of egenskap
Singular, indefiniteen egenskap
Singular, definiteegenskapen
Plural, indefiniteegenskaper
Plural, definiteegenskaperna

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

Practise egenskap

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Is it en egenskap or ett egenskap?

egenskap in a sentence

  • det nya brödet har helt andra egenskaper
    the new bread has completely different properties
  • han har många goda egenskaper
    he has many good qualities
  • Han deltog i hörandet i egenskap av barnets far.
    He took part in the hearing in the capacity of father of the child.

Expressions

  • (göra något) i egenskap av ("såsom") (ordförande)
    do sth.) in one's capacity as (chairman

Words built with egenskap

  • vägegenskaper road-holding characteristics (qualities)

Questions

What does egenskap mean in English?

egenskap means “characteristic, property”.

Is it en egenskap or ett egenskap?

It is en egenskap, and “the characteristic” is egenskapen.

What is the plural of egenskap?

The plural of egenskap is egenskaper, and the definite plural is egenskaperna.

Origin

Calque of German Eigenschaft, equivalent to egen + -skap.

Nearby common words

egenskap is number 3,331 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