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Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en gäst

guest/jɛst/

Meaning

guest

In Swedish: person som inbjudits att besöka någons hem, främmande

Forms

Forms of gäst
Singular, indefiniteen gäst
Singular, definitegästen
Plural, indefinitegäster
Plural, definitegästerna

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

Practise gäst

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Is it en gäst or ett gäst?

gäst in a sentence

  • få gäster
    receive guests

Words built with gäst

  • gästfri hospitable
  • sommargäst summer visitor, holiday visitor
  • snyltgäst (om djur och bildligt om människor) parasite; hanger-on; sponger
  • hyresgäst tenant
  • hotellgäst guest at a hotel

Questions

What does gäst mean in English?

gäst means “guest”.

Is it en gäst or ett gäst?

It is en gäst, and “the guest” is gästen.

What is the plural of gäst?

The plural of gäst is gäster, and the definite plural is gästerna.

Similar words

besökare

Origin

From Old Swedish gæster, from Old Norse gestr, from Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Nearby common words

gäst is number 1,100 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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