Swedish noun

en försiktighet

careful/føːrˈsɪktɪ(ɡ)ˌheːt/

Meaning

careful

Forms

Forms of försiktighet
Singular, indefiniteen försiktighet
Singular, definiteförsiktigheten

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

Practise försiktighet

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Is it en försiktighet or ett försiktighet?

Questions

What does försiktighet mean in English?

försiktighet means “careful”.

Is it en försiktighet or ett försiktighet?

It is en försiktighet, and “the careful” is försiktigheten.

Origin

From försiktig + -het.

Nearby common words

försiktighet is number 7,756 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