Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en fint

trick, feintAlso the neuter form of fin.

Meaning

trick; feint

In Swedish: knep, påhitt

Forms

Forms of fint
Singular, indefiniteen fint
Singular, definitefinten
Plural, indefinitefinter
Plural, definitefinterna

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

Practise fint

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Is it en fint or ett fint?

fint in a sentence

  • hon lurade mig med en enkel fint
    she used a simple trick to cheat me

Questions

What does fint mean in English?

fint means “trick, feint”.

Is it en fint or ett fint?

It is en fint, and “the trick” is finten.

What is the plural of fint?

The plural of fint is finter, and the definite plural is finterna.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

Borrowed from German Finte, from Italian finta, from Latin fingere.

Nearby common words

fint is number 551 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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