Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett kafé

a café, a coffee shop/kaˈfeː/

Meaning

a café, a coffee shop

In Swedish: servering där man kan dricka kaffe etc, fik

Forms

Forms of kafé
Singular, indefiniteett kafé
Singular, definitekaféet
Plural, indefinitekaféer
Plural, definitekaféerna

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

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Questions

What does kafé mean in English?

kafé means “a café, a coffee shop”.

Is it en kafé or ett kafé?

It is ett kafé, and “the a café” is kaféet.

What is the plural of kafé?

The plural of kafé is kaféer, and the definite plural is kaféerna.

Similar words

fik

Origin

From French café.

Nearby common words

kafé is number 4,703 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