Swedish noun

en flotte

raft

Meaning

raft

In Swedish: ett slags flat båt (utan köl)

Forms

Forms of flotte
Singular, indefiniteen flotte
Singular, definiteflotten
Plural, indefiniteflottar
Plural, definiteflottarna

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

Practise flotte

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Is it en flotte or ett flotte?

Words built with flotte

  • räddningsflotte rescue (salvage) raft
  • timmerflotte log raft

Questions

What does flotte mean in English?

flotte means “raft”.

Is it en flotte or ett flotte?

It is en flotte, and “the raft” is flotten.

What is the plural of flotte?

The plural of flotte is flottar, and the definite plural is flottarna.

Origin

From Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutô.

Nearby common words

flotte is number 7,591 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. Browse the dictionary