Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en kock

cook, chef

Meaning

cook, chef

In Swedish: person som har till yrke att laga mat

Forms

Forms of kock
Singular, indefiniteen kock
Singular, definitekocken
Plural, indefinitekockar
Plural, definitekockarna

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

Practise kock

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Is it en kock or ett kock?

Questions

What does kock mean in English?

kock means “cook, chef”.

Is it en kock or ett kock?

It is en kock, and “the cook” is kocken.

What is the plural of kock?

The plural of kock is kockar, and the definite plural is kockarna.

Similar words

matlagare

Origin

From Middle Low German kok, kock, from Old Saxon kok, from Proto-West Germanic *kok, from Latin coquus.

Nearby common words

kock is number 3,038 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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