Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en frukost

breakfast

Meaning

breakfast

In Swedish: morgonmål

Forms

Forms of frukost
Singular, indefiniteen frukost
Singular, definitefrukosten
Plural, indefinitefrukostar
Plural, definitefrukostarna

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

Practise frukost

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Is it en frukost or ett frukost?

frukost in a sentence

  • Vad brukar du äta till frukost?
    What do you usually eat for breakfast?
  • Jag åt havregrynsgröt med mjölk och lingonsylt till frukost
    I had [ate] oatmeal with milk and lingonberry jam for breakfast
  • fixa frukost
    make breakfast

Words built with frukost

  • frukostbord breakfast table
  • grötfrukost morning porridge with coffee and rolls

Questions

What does frukost mean in English?

frukost means “breakfast”.

Is it en frukost or ett frukost?

It is en frukost, and “the breakfast” is frukosten.

What is the plural of frukost?

The plural of frukost is frukostar, and the definite plural is frukostarna.

Similar words

morgonmål

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish frokoster, from Middle Low German vrokost.

Nearby common words

frukost is number 1,219 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