Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett lakan

sheet/ˇlɑːkan/

Meaning

sheet

In Swedish: tygstycke som används som sängkläder

Forms

Forms of lakan
Singular, indefiniteett lakan
Singular, definitelakanet
Plural, indefinitelakan
Plural, definitelakanen

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

Practise lakan

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Is it en lakan or ett lakan?

lakan in a sentence

  • klä ut sig till spöke med ett vitt lakan
    dress up as a ghost with a white sheet

Words built with lakan

  • påslakan quilt (duvet) cover
  • underlakan bottom sheet

Questions

What does lakan mean in English?

lakan means “sheet”.

Is it en lakan or ett lakan?

It is ett lakan, and “the sheet” is lakanet.

What is the plural of lakan?

lakan doesn't change in the plural: ett lakan, två lakan (definite: lakanen).

Origin

From Old Swedish lakan, from Late Old Norse lak, lakan, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“sheet, cloth”).

Nearby common words

lakan is number 3,249 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,245tjusig charming
  • 3,246viktoria A victory., A victoria; a victorious female person.
  • 3,247fräck shameless, brazen
  • 3,248koma coma
  • 3,250ädel noble
  • 3,251livrädd terrified
  • 3,252registrera register
  • 3,253porta to forbid somebody to enter, e.g. a shop, a pub or similar (often due to bad behavior during a previous visit)
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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