Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en karta

map/ˈkɑːrta/

Meaning

map

In Swedish: förminskad bild av jordytan el. annat område

Forms

Forms of karta
Singular, indefiniteen karta
Singular, definitekartan
Plural, indefinitekartor
Plural, definitekartorna

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

Practise karta

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Is it en karta or ett karta?

karta in a sentence

  • läsa en karta
    read a map
  • världskarta
    world map
  • Stigen finns inte utmärkt på kartan
    The path is not marked on the map ["är inte utmärkt" works too, but makes it sound possibly more deliberate – compare "does not appear on the map" vs. "is not on the map"]
  • sätta något på kartan
    put something on the map [idiomatic]
  • en karta frimärken
    a sheet of stamps

Expressions

  • en vit fläck på kartan
    uncharted territory (waters)

Words built with karta

  • bilkarta road map
  • kartbok atlas
  • världskarta world map

Questions

What does karta mean in English?

karta means “map”.

Is it en karta or ett karta?

It is en karta, and “the map” is kartan.

What is the plural of karta?

The plural of karta is kartor, and the definite plural is kartorna.

Similar words

sjökort

Origin

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτη (khártē).

Nearby common words

karta is number 1,458 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 1,454dök dived
  • 1,455bekräfta corroborate, confirm
  • 1,456amerikanska a female American (female born in, being a citizen of, or inhabiting the United States of America), The variety of English spoken in the USA and Canada
  • 1,457saka to play an arbitrary (useless) card instead of one in the correct suit, when one is obliged but unable to follow suit
  • 1,459svärd sword
  • 1,460sommar summer
  • 1,461bilda establish, found
  • 1,462sol sun
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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