Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en film

film

Meaning

film

In Swedish: tunn celluloidremsa som används vid fotografering

Forms

Forms of film
Singular, indefiniteen film
Singular, definitefilmen
Plural, indefinitefilmer
Plural, definitefilmerna

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

Practise film

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Is it en film or ett film?

Words built with film

  • filmframkallning film developing
  • diafilm transparency film
  • färgfilm colour film
  • långfilm feature film
  • filmcensur film censorship
  • filmkamera movie camera
  • filmstjärna film star
  • dokumentärfilm documentary film

Questions

What does film mean in English?

film means “film”.

Is it en film or ett film?

It is en film, and “the film” is filmen.

What is the plural of film?

The plural of film is filmer, and the definite plural is filmerna.

Nearby common words

film is number 597 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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