Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en leksak

a toy

Meaning

a toy

Forms

Forms of leksak
Singular, indefiniteen leksak
Singular, definiteleksaken
Plural, indefiniteleksaker
Plural, definiteleksakerna

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

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Is it en leksak or ett leksak?

Questions

What does leksak mean in English?

leksak means “a toy”.

Is it en leksak or ett leksak?

It is en leksak, and “the a toy” is leksaken.

What is the plural of leksak?

The plural of leksak is leksaker, and the definite plural is leksakerna.

Origin

lek (“play”) + sak (“thing”), of similar semantic formation to the unrelated German Spielzeug (whose hypothetical cognate equivalent would be something like *Leichsache).

Nearby common words

leksak is number 2,917 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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