Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en karriär

career

Meaning

career

In Swedish: levnadsbana; befordringsgång inom arbetslivet

Forms

Forms of karriär
Singular, indefinite	en karriär
Singular, definite	karriären
Plural, indefinite	karriärer
Plural, definite	karriärerna

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

Practise karriär

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Is it en karriär or ett karriär?

Expressions

göra karriär
make a career

Words built with karriär

karriärkvinna career woman
universitetskarriär academic career

Questions

What does karriär mean in English?

karriär means “career”.

Is it en karriär or ett karriär?

It is en karriär, and “the career” is karriären.

What is the plural of karriär?

The plural of karriär is karriärer, and the definite plural is karriärerna.

Origin

Borrowed from French carrière, from Italian carriera, from Latin carrāria, from Latin carrus.

Nearby common words

karriär is number 1,437 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,433varelse being
1,434satsa stake, back
1,435attack attack
1,436exempel example
1,438studera study
1,439le smile
1,440procent per cent
1,441ärligt honestly, honest

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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