Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en mast

mast

Meaning

mast

In Swedish: lång upprätt stång (särskilt den som håller uppe seglet på en båt)

Forms

Forms of mast
Singular, indefiniteen mast
Singular, definitemasten
Plural, indefinitemaster
Plural, definitemasterna

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

Practise mast

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Is it en mast or ett mast?

mast in a sentence

  • radiomast
    radio mast

Words built with mast

  • radiomast radio tower
  • masttopp masthead
  • stormast mainmast

Questions

What does mast mean in English?

mast means “mast”.

Is it en mast or ett mast?

It is en mast, and “the mast” is masten.

What is the plural of mast?

The plural of mast is master, and the definite plural is masterna.

Origin

From Middle Low German mast, from Old Saxon *mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast.

Nearby common words

mast is number 4,376 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