Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett flyg

aviation, air force, flyingAlso the imperative of flyga.

Meaning

aviation; air force; flying

In Swedish: trafik med flygplan; flygväsen; flygvapen

Forms

Forms of flyg
Singular, indefiniteett flyg
Singular, definiteflyget
Plural, indefiniteflyg
Plural, definiteflygen

flyg is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort flyg, det stora flyget. Check another noun

Practise flyg

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Is it en flyg or ett flyg?

flyg in a sentence

  • ta flyget
    take the plane
  • marinen och flyget
    the Navy and Air Force

Words built with flyg

  • flygplats airport
  • civilflyg civil aviation
  • flygbolag airline
  • flygbuss airport bus; (type of aircraft:) airbus
  • flygofficer air force officer
  • flygbas air base
  • flygrädd afraid of flying
  • flygtrafik air traffic
  • flygindustri aviation, aeronautics industry
  • flygkapning aircraft hijacking

Questions

What does flyg mean in English?

flyg means “aviation, air force”.

Is it en flyg or ett flyg?

It is ett flyg, and “the aviation” is flyget.

What is the plural of flyg?

flyg doesn't change in the plural: ett flyg, två flyg (definite: flygen).

Where the course teaches it

Origin

Deverbal from flyga.

Nearby common words

flyg is number 1,733 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 1,731boll ball
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  • 1,734klaga complain, lodge a complaint
  • 1,735farsa my old man, dad
  • 1,736el electricity, electric current or power; clipping of elektricitet or elektrisk, short for el- och energiprogrammet
  • 1,737frukta fear
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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