Swedish noun

ett hjärtslag

heartbeat, heart attack

Meaning

heartbeat; heart attack

Forms

Forms of hjärtslag
Singular, indefinite	ett hjärtslag
Singular, definite	hjärtslaget
Plural, indefinite	hjärtslag
Plural, definite	hjärtslagen

hjärtslag is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort hjärtslag, det stora hjärtslaget. Check another noun

Practise hjärtslag

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Is it en hjärtslag or ett hjärtslag?

Questions

What does hjärtslag mean in English?

hjärtslag means “heartbeat, heart attack”.

Is it en hjärtslag or ett hjärtslag?

It is ett hjärtslag, and “the heartbeat” is hjärtslaget.

What is the plural of hjärtslag?

hjärtslag doesn't change in the plural: ett hjärtslag, två hjärtslag (definite: hjärtslagen).

Origin

Compound of hjärta + slag.

Nearby common words

hjärtslag is number 6,177 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,172drömmare dreamer
6,173bataljon battalion
6,175boxning boxing
6,176uppvisning display
6,178återta retake, regain
6,179uttryckt expressed, expression
6,180socialt socially
6,181kansler chancellor

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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