Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en fot

foot/fuːt/

Meaning

foot

In Swedish: nedersta delen av benet

Forms

Forms of fot
Singular, indefiniteen fot
Singular, definitefoten
Plural, indefinitefötter
Plural, definitefötterna

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

Practise fot

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Is it en fot or ett fot?

fot in a sentence

  • När man står upp så har man fötterna på backen.
    When you stand up, your feet are on the ground.
  • fötterna på pallen
    the feet of the stool

Expressions

  • gå till fots
    go on foot, walk
  • stå på god fot med (någon)
    be on a good footing with someone
  • på stående fot
    off the cuff, off-hand

Words built with fot

  • fotsula sole

Questions

What does fot mean in English?

fot means “foot”.

Is it en fot or ett fot?

It is en fot, and “the foot” is foten.

What is the plural of fot?

The plural of fot is fötter, and the definite plural is fötterna.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish fōter, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Nearby common words

fot is number 999 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