Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en hastighet

speed, velocity

Meaning

speed; velocity

In Swedish: den vägsträcka man hinner på en viss tid, fart

Forms

Forms of hastighet
Singular, indefiniteen hastighet
Singular, definitehastigheten
Plural, indefinitehastigheter
Plural, definitehastigheterna

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

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hastighet in a sentence

  • han körde av vägen i hundra kilometers hastighet
    he came off the road at a hundred kilometres per hour
  • i hastigheten ("eftersom jag hade bråttom") glömde jag låsa dörren
    I was in such a hurry that I forgot to lock the door

Words built with hastighet

  • vindhastighet wind velocity
  • hastighetsbegränsning speed restriction
  • hastighetsgräns speed limit
  • hastighetskontroll speed trap
  • utvecklingshastighet pace of development
  • hastighetsmätare speedometer

Questions

What does hastighet mean in English?

hastighet means “speed, velocity”.

Is it en hastighet or ett hastighet?

It is en hastighet, and “the speed” is hastigheten.

What is the plural of hastighet?

The plural of hastighet is hastigheter, and the definite plural is hastigheterna.

Similar words

fart

Nearby common words

hastighet is number 3,222 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,218cowboy cowboy
  • 3,219paradis paradise
  • 3,220stött supported, bumped
  • 3,221doft fragrance, odour
  • 3,223sällsynt rare, unusual
  • 3,224flyta flow, float
  • 3,225klanta to blunder; to mess up, to be "klutzy" (in an extended sense that includes being klutzy in non-physical ways)
  • 3,226intill beside, next to
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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