en karantän
Meaning
quarantine
In Swedish: isolering av människor el. djur (för att förhindra smitta etc)
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en karantän |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | karantänen |
| Plural, indefinite | karantäner |
| Plural, definite | karantänerna |
karantän is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor karantän, den stora karantänen. Check another noun
Practise karantän
1 / 2Is it en karantän or ett karantän?
Questions
What does karantän mean in English?
karantän means “quarantine”.
Is it en karantän or ett karantän?
It is en karantän, and “the quarantine” is karantänen.
What is the plural of karantän?
The plural of karantän is karantäner, and the definite plural is karantänerna.
Origin
Borrowed from French quarantaine.
Nearby common words
karantän is number 4,475 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,471cigg a cigarette, a cig
- 4,472avvisa turn down, send away
- 4,473fastställa establish, appoint
- 4,474stipendium grant, scholarship
- 4,476eskortera to escort (accompany as a safeguard), to escort (lead)
- 4,477försegla seal
- 4,478hysa put up, accommodate
- 4,479trakt parts, region
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