ett förakt
Meaning
contempt; disdain
In Swedish: brist på aktning, ringaktning
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | ett förakt |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | föraktet |
förakt is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort förakt, det stora föraktet. Check another noun
Practise förakt
1 / 1Is it en förakt or ett förakt?
Questions
What does förakt mean in English?
förakt means “contempt, disdain”.
Is it en förakt or ett förakt?
It is ett förakt, and “the contempt” is föraktet.
Similar words
Origin
From Middle Low German voracht, from Old Saxon, from Proto-West Germanic *firiahtu, from *firi- (“across, through”) + *ahtu (“attention, consideration”).
Nearby common words
förakt is number 7,638 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 7,635rubba move, disturb
- 7,636nappa bite
- 7,637avföring excrement, feces (US)
- 7,639uppfyllelse fulfilment
- 7,640messias messiah
- 7,641kungadöme kingdom
- 7,642stop a beer mug, a stein, a tankard, especially of metal, a stoup
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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