Swedish determiner · number· top 100 most common
ett
a, an, one, a, an (neuter indefinite article)/ɛt/
ett as a determiner
Meaning
a, an; one; a, an (neuter indefinite article)
ett as a number
Meaning
one
Practise ett
1 / 1What does ett mean?
Questions
What does ett mean in English?
ett means “a, an, one”.
Where the course teaches it
- En or ett: Swedish noun genderComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish words ending in -itetComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish words for now, today, tomorrowComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The full set of Swedish possessivesComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The definite form of Swedish nounsComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish past tense verb conjugationComplete Swedish – Season 1
Origin
From Old Norse eitt.
Nearby common words
ett is number 32 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 28men but
- 29göra do, make
- 30ni you
- 31ska will, be going to, (except not formal in tone, but a literal match for meaning) shall, is to; (in the past tense "skulle") were to; was to (Usually not sensible translations, but will provide the right intuition in some tricky cases – see below.)
- 33av of, by
- 34veta know
- 35hon she
- 36komma come, arrive
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