Swedish adjective · adverb· top 5,000 most common

kontant

cash

kontant as an adjective

Meaning

cash

In Swedish: som betalas i mynt och sedlar

kontant as an adverb

Meaning

with cash; with coins and banknotes

Practise kontant

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What does kontant mean?

kontant in a sentence

  • kontant betalning
    cash payment

Words built with kontant

  • kontantköp cash purchase, cash-and-carry

Questions

What does kontant mean in English?

kontant means “cash”.

Origin

Ultimately from French comptant.

Nearby common words

kontant is number 4,085 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary