Swedish adjective

förtjänt

deserved

Meaning

deserved

In Swedish: värd

Forms

Forms of förtjänt
Basic formförtjäntwith en-words
Neuterförtjäntwith ett-words
Plural and definiteförtjäntaplural nouns, and after den / det / de

Practise förtjänt

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What does förtjänt mean?

förtjänt in a sentence

  • vara förtjänt av en uppmuntran
    deserve encouragement
  • göra sig förtjänt av något
    make oneself deserving of something / earn something

Words built with förtjänt

  • välförtjänt well-earned

Questions

What does förtjänt mean in English?

förtjänt means “deserved”.

Nearby common words

förtjänt is number 8,407 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. Browse the dictionary