Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en macka

sandwich/²makːa/

Meaning

sandwich

In Swedish: smörgås

Forms

Forms of macka
Singular, indefiniteen macka
Singular, definitemackan
Plural, indefinitemackor
Plural, definitemackorna

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

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Is it en macka or ett macka?

macka in a sentence

  • att bre sig en macka
    to make oneself a sandwich
  • kaffe och macka till frukost
    coffee and sandwiches [sandwich] for breakfast

Words built with macka

  • ostmacka cheese sandwich

Questions

What does macka mean in English?

macka means “sandwich”.

Is it en macka or ett macka?

It is en macka, and “the sandwich” is mackan.

What is the plural of macka?

The plural of macka is mackor, and the definite plural is mackorna.

Similar words

smörgåsbröd

Origin

Attested since 1910, of uncertain origin with at least two proposed etymologies: * From a dialectal verb macka (“to work, to finish”), related to German machen (“to make”).

Nearby common words

macka is number 3,488 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,484dugg drizzle (light rain), thing, bit
  • 3,485baksida a backside; a rear, a flip side; a downside; a drawback
  • 3,486register register, file
  • 3,487vika fold, yield
  • 3,489avtryck imprint, an impression, an imprint (in a soft surface, or for example a fingerprint)
  • 3,490anklagad acused, accused
  • 3,491aggressiv aggressive, belligerent
  • 3,492tapp peg, plug
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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