Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en flykting

fugitive, refugee

Meaning

fugitive; refugee

In Swedish: person som har flytt undan fara

Forms

Forms of flykting
Singular, indefiniteen flykting
Singular, definiteflyktingen
Plural, indefiniteflyktingar
Plural, definiteflyktingarna

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

Practise flykting

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Is it en flykting or ett flykting?

Words built with flykting

  • politisk flykting political refugee
  • flyktingläger refugee centre (camp)
  • båtflykting boat people

Questions

What does flykting mean in English?

flykting means “fugitive, refugee”.

Is it en flykting or ett flykting?

It is en flykting, and “the fugitive” is flyktingen.

What is the plural of flykting?

The plural of flykting is flyktingar, and the definite plural is flyktingarna.

Origin

From flykt + -ing.

Nearby common words

flykting is number 4,766 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