Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en kaka

cake, cookie, round [loaf], biscuit/ˈkɑ̂ːka/

Meaning

cake; cookie; round [loaf]; biscuit

In Swedish: runt platt matbröd

Forms

Forms of kaka
Singular, indefiniteen kaka
Singular, definitekakan
Plural, indefinitekakor
Plural, definitekakorna

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

Practise kaka

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Is it en kaka or ett kaka?

kaka in a sentence

  • kaffe och kakor
    coffee and biscuits
  • Jag vill ha en kaka
    I want a cookie
  • sockerkaka
    sponge cake
  • tekaka
    teacake

Words built with kaka

  • brödkaka round loaf
  • sockerkaka sponge cake
  • kakfil cake file (the whole number of cookies for a webb browser)

Questions

What does kaka mean in English?

kaka means “cake, cookie”.

Is it en kaka or ett kaka?

It is en kaka, and “the cake” is kakan.

What is the plural of kaka?

The plural of kaka is kakor, and the definite plural is kakorna.

Origin

From Old Swedish kaka, from Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”).

Nearby common words

kaka is number 1,694 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 1,690jobbigt annoying, Bothersome
  • 1,691gård yard, (country) estate
  • 1,692by village, gust
  • 1,693himla awful, really
  • 1,695skilja separate, part, sever; divide, distinguish, differentiate, tell apart
  • 1,696sorg distress, sorrow
  • 1,697försvunnen lost, disappeared
  • 1,698sår wound, cut
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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