Swedish noun

en legitimation

identification

Meaning

identification

In Swedish: identitetskort (utfärdat av Posten el. av banker) el. andra handlingar som visar vem man är (pass, körkort etc)

Forms

Forms of legitimation
Singular, indefiniteen legitimation
Singular, definitelegitimationen
Plural, indefinitelegitimationer
Plural, definitelegitimationerna

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

Practise legitimation

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Is it en legitimation or ett legitimation?

legitimation in a sentence

  • Har du någon legitimation?
    Do you have any ID?
  • läkarlegitimation
    medical license

Questions

What does legitimation mean in English?

legitimation means “identification”.

Is it en legitimation or ett legitimation?

It is en legitimation, and “the identification” is legitimationen.

What is the plural of legitimation?

The plural of legitimation is legitimationer, and the definite plural is legitimationerna.

Origin

Suffix of legitim (“legit”) + -a- + -tion (“-tion”).

Nearby common words

legitimation is number 5,268 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