Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

ett hotell

hotel/hʊˈtɛlː/

Meaning

hotel

In Swedish: hus med rum för resande

Forms

Forms of hotell
Singular, indefiniteett hotell
Singular, definitehotellet
Plural, indefinitehotell
Plural, definitehotellen

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

Practise hotell

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Is it en hotell or ett hotell?

hotell in a sentence

  • bo på hotell
    stay at a hotel
  • ta in på hotell
    take in at a hotel

Words built with hotell

  • hotellägare hotel proprietor
  • hotellrum hotel room
  • lyxhotell luxury hotel

Questions

What does hotell mean in English?

hotell means “hotel”.

Is it en hotell or ett hotell?

It is ett hotell, and “the hotel” is hotellet.

What is the plural of hotell?

hotell doesn't change in the plural: ett hotell, två hotell (definite: hotellen).

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel; inherited from Latin hospitāle.

Nearby common words

hotell is number 899 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