Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en gest

gesture/ˈɧɛst/

Meaning

gesture

In Swedish: (hand)rörelse, åtbörd

Forms

Forms of gest
Singular, indefinite	en gest
Singular, definite	gesten
Plural, indefinite	gester
Plural, definite	gesterna

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

Practise gest

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Is it en gest or ett gest?

gest in a sentence

livliga gester
animated gestures
en tom gest
an empty gesture
gäster med gester
guests with gestures (title of a Swedish TV show)

Words built with gest

försoningsgest conciliatory gesture, olive branch

Questions

What does gest mean in English?

gest means “gesture”.

Is it en gest or ett gest?

It is en gest, and “the gesture” is gesten.

What is the plural of gest?

The plural of gest is gester, and the definite plural is gesterna.

Origin

From Latin gestus (“having been carried”).

Nearby common words

gest is number 4,609 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,605förekomma occur
4,606bartender a bartender
4,607italiensk Italian
4,608fångad trapped, caught
4,610langa hand over, pass
4,611exemplar specimen, example
4,612arena arena
4,613torg square; market

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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