Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en fruktan

fear, dread

Meaning

fear; dread

In Swedish: rädsla

Forms

Forms of fruktan
Singular, indefinite	en fruktan
Singular, definite	fruktan

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

Practise fruktan

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Is it en fruktan or ett fruktan?

fruktan in a sentence

växla mellan hopp och fruktan
swing between hope and dread

Questions

What does fruktan mean in English?

fruktan means “fear, dread”.

Is it en fruktan or ett fruktan?

It is en fruktan, and “the fear” is fruktan.

Similar words

bävanskräck

Origin

frukta + -an

Nearby common words

fruktan is number 3,502 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,498svamp fungus, sponge
3,499vägrad refused, denied
3,500lake brine
3,501bägge both
3,503basa be the boss, supervise
3,504reparera repair, mend
3,505blodtryck blood pressure
3,506coach coach

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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