Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en mat

food/mɑːt/

Meaning

food

In Swedish: näringsämne som man äter

Forms

Forms of mat
Singular, indefiniteen mat
Singular, definitematen

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

Practise mat

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Is it en mat or ett mat?

mat in a sentence

  • Jag lagar mat till middag.
    I cook food for dinner.
  • Vill du ha mat nu eller senare?
    Do you want food now or later?
  • Efter träningen behöver jag riktig mat, inte bara en macka.
    After training I need real food, not just a sandwich.
  • före maten
    before eating
  • mat och dryck
    food and drink
  • äta mat
    eat food
  • laga mat
    prepare food
  • Det är viktigt att äta mat så att man inte svälter ihjäl
    It is important to eat food so that you don't starve to death
  • äta mat med kniv och gaffel (bestick)
    eat food with a knife and fork (cutlery)
  • Var maten god?
    Was the food good?

Words built with mat

Questions

What does mat mean in English?

mat means “food”.

Is it en mat or ett mat?

It is en mat, and “the food” is maten.

Similar words

krubbkäklivsmedelfödafödoämne

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Norse matr, from Proto-Germanic *matiz, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.

Nearby common words

mat is number 460 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 456räcka be enough, last
  • 457hen A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified gender; they, thon; alternative to hon (“she”) and han (“he”).
  • 458vacker beautiful
  • 459bryr care
  • 461ännu yet, still
  • 462oroa worry
  • 463historia history, story
  • 464bor boron (chemical element)
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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