Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en frukt

fruit/ˈfrɵkt/

Meaning

fruit

In Swedish: den del av en växt där fröna finns

Forms

Forms of frukt
Singular, indefiniteen frukt
Singular, definitefrukten
Plural, indefinitefrukter
Plural, definitefrukterna

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

Practise frukt

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Is it en frukt or ett frukt?

frukt in a sentence

  • frukt och grönsaker
    fruit and vegetables
  • ett äpple är en frukt
    an apple is a fruit
  • fruktsallad
    fruit salad
  • en fruktskål
    a fruit bowl
  • frukt och grönt
    fruit and vegetables ["fruit and green [things – nominalized]" – idiomatic]
  • njuta frukterna av sitt arbete
    enjoy the fruits of one's labor
  • Satsningen bar frukt
    The venture bore fruit

Words built with frukt

  • stenfrukt stone fruit, drupe
  • citrusfrukt citrus fruit
  • fallfrukt windfalls
  • fruktaffär fruit shop
  • fruktträd fruit tree
  • fruktkött pulp, flesh
  • fruktodling fruit growing, fruit farm

Questions

What does frukt mean in English?

frukt means “fruit”.

Is it en frukt or ett frukt?

It is en frukt, and “the fruit” is frukten.

What is the plural of frukt?

The plural of frukt is frukter, and the definite plural is frukterna.

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish frukt, from Old Norse fruktr, borrowed from Middle Low German vrucht, from Old Saxon fruht, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fruhti, a borrowing from Latin frūctus.

Nearby common words

frukt is number 2,946 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,942färsk fresh, new
  • 2,943kvitt get rid of, shake off, be rid of
  • 2,944måltid a meal (occasion of eating (a more substantial amount of) food), a meal (the food eaten during a meal)
  • 2,945dikt fabrication, poem
  • 2,947norr north
  • 2,948krascha crash
  • 2,949serie set, succession
  • 2,950skicklig capable, clever
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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