Swedish noun · adverb· top 2,000 most common

en fisk

fish/fɪsk/

fisk as a noun(en fisk)

Meaning

fish

In Swedish: ett slags djur som lever i vattnet

Forms

Forms of fisk
Singular, indefiniteen fisk
Singular, definitefisken
Plural, indefinitefiskar
Plural, definitefiskarna

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

fisk as an adverb

Meaning

low placed (of a hidden hidden object)

Practise fisk

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Is it en fisk or ett fisk?

fisk in a sentence

  • kokt fisk
    boiled fish
  • Fisken säger blubb
    The fish says "blub" [bubble onomatopoeia]
  • – Det börjar brännas. – Fågel, fisk eller mittemellan?
    – It's getting hot. – High, low or in-between?

Expressions

  • en ful fisk
    an ugly customer

Words built with fisk

  • fiskpinne fish finger
  • fiskaffär fishmonger's
  • fiskburgare fishburger
  • sötvattensfisk freshwater fish
  • fiskfilé fillet of fish

Questions

What does fisk mean in English?

fisk means “fish”.

Is it en fisk or ett fisk?

It is en fisk, and “the fish” is fisken.

What is the plural of fisk?

The plural of fisk is fiskar, and the definite plural is fiskarna.

Similar words

firrestör

Origin

From Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).

Nearby common words

fisk is number 1,319 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