Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en fabrik

plant, factory/faˈbriːk/

Meaning

plant; factory

In Swedish: industri, verkstad

Forms

Forms of fabrik
Singular, indefiniteen fabrik
Singular, definitefabriken
Plural, indefinitefabriker
Plural, definitefabrikerna

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

Practise fabrik

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Is it en fabrik or ett fabrik?

fabrik in a sentence

  • jobba på fabrik
    work in a factory

Words built with fabrik

  • sulfatfabrik sulphate plant
  • fabriksny straight from the factory
  • fabrikstillverkning manufacture

Questions

What does fabrik mean in English?

fabrik means “plant, factory”.

Is it en fabrik or ett fabrik?

It is en fabrik, and “the plant” is fabriken.

What is the plural of fabrik?

The plural of fabrik is fabriker, and the definite plural is fabrikerna.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin fabrica, possibly through German Fabrik, French fabrique.

Nearby common words

fabrik is number 2,388 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