Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en flykt

flight, escape

Meaning

flight; escape

In Swedish: rymning, flyende

Forms

Forms of flykt
Singular, indefiniteen flykt
Singular, definiteflykten
Plural, indefiniteflykter
Plural, definiteflykterna

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

Practise flykt

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Is it en flykt or ett flykt?

flykt in a sentence

  • svalans flykt
    the flight of the swallow
  • fånga insekter i flykten
    catch insects in [the] flight

Words built with flykt

  • personalflykt personnel drain
  • undanflykt evasion, subterfuge
  • flyktförsök escape attempt, attempted escape

Questions

What does flykt mean in English?

flykt means “flight, escape”.

Is it en flykt or ett flykt?

It is en flykt, and “the flight” is flykten.

What is the plural of flykt?

The plural of flykt is flykter, and the definite plural is flykterna.

Similar words

rymning

Nearby common words

flykt is number 2,817 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,813arbetare (manual) labourer, workman
  • 2,814rå alternative form of råda, synonym of bestämma (in the "(get to) decide" sense)
  • 2,815blodig bloody, covered with blood
  • 2,816studio studio
  • 2,818revolution revolution
  • 2,819åtal indictment, prosecution
  • 2,820ambassadör ambassador
  • 2,821mosa mash
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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