Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en flaska

bottle

Meaning

bottle

In Swedish: högt och smalt förvaringskärl för vätska, butelj

Forms

Forms of flaska
Singular, indefiniteen flaska
Singular, definiteflaskan
Plural, indefiniteflaskor
Plural, definiteflaskorna

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

Practise flaska

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Is it en flaska or ett flaska?

flaska in a sentence

  • en plastflaska
    a plastic bottle
  • en petflaska
    a PET bottle
  • hälla upp läsk ur en flaska
    pour [up – into a drinking vessel] soft drink from [out of] a bottle
  • öppna en flaska med en kapsylöppnare
    open a bottle with a bottle opener

Questions

What does flaska mean in English?

flaska means “bottle”.

Is it en flaska or ett flaska?

It is en flaska, and “the bottle” is flaskan.

What is the plural of flaska?

The plural of flaska is flaskor, and the definite plural is flaskorna.

Similar words

pavabuteljhelbutelj

Origin

From Old Norse flaska, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ.

Nearby common words

flaska is number 1,234 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