Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en höst

fall (US), autumn/hœst/

Meaning

fall (US); autumn

In Swedish: årstiden efter sommar

Forms

Forms of höst
Singular, indefiniteen höst
Singular, definitehösten
Plural, indefinitehöstar
Plural, definitehöstarna

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

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Is it en höst or ett höst?

höst in a sentence

  • till hösten
    this autumn
  • i höst
    next autumn
  • hösten 1979
    the autumn of 1979

Words built with höst

  • höstsäsong autumn season
  • senhöst late autumn
  • hösttermin autumn term

Questions

What does höst mean in English?

höst means “fall (US), autumn”.

Is it en höst or ett höst?

It is en höst, and “the fall” is hösten.

What is the plural of höst?

The plural of höst is höstar, and the definite plural is höstarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish høster, Old Norse haustr m, from Proto-Germanic *harbustaz, *harbistaz.

Nearby common words

höst is number 4,852 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. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary