Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett kaos

chaos/ˈkaʊs/

Meaning

chaos

In Swedish: total förvirring och oreda

Forms

Forms of kaos
Singular, indefinite	ett kaos
Singular, definite	kaoset

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

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Is it en kaos or ett kaos?

kaos in a sentence

Det var totalt kaos på festen
There was total chaos at the party

Questions

What does kaos mean in English?

kaos means “chaos”.

Is it en kaos or ett kaos?

It is ett kaos, and “the chaos” is kaoset.

Similar words

oordningstök

Origin

From Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Nearby common words

kaos is number 2,529 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,525schyst good, fair
2,526alkohol alcohol
2,527otur bad luck
2,528domstol a court of law, a court of justice
2,530kista chest
2,531närvaro presence
2,532höghet highness, majesty
2,533inträffa happen, occur

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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