Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett kött

meat, flesh/ɕœtː/

Meaning

meat; flesh

In Swedish: muskel- och fettvävnad hos människor och djur

Forms

Forms of kött
Singular, indefiniteett kött
Singular, definiteköttet

kött is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort kött, det stora köttet. Check another noun

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Is it en kött or ett kött?

kött in a sentence

  • kött och potatis
    meat and potatoes
  • kött och blod
    flesh and blood
  • Jag skulle vilja ha grillat kött, tack!
    I would like grilled meat, please!
  • Ordet blev kött.
    The Word became flesh.

Words built with kött

  • köttgryta meat stew
  • fårkött mutton
  • tandkött gums

Questions

What does kött mean in English?

kött means “meat, flesh”.

Is it en kött or ett kött?

It is ett kött, and “the meat” is köttet.

Origin

From Old Swedish køt, kiøt, from Old Norse kjǫt, from Proto-Germanic *ketwą.

Nearby common words

kött is number 1,317 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. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary