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Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en match

game, match/matːɕ/

Meaning

game; match

In Swedish: tävling

Forms

Forms of match
Singular, indefiniteen match
Singular, definitematchen
Plural, indefinitematcher
Plural, definitematcherna

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

Practise match

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Is it en match or ett match?

Expressions

  • en enkel match
    child's play

Words built with match

Questions

What does match mean in English?

match means “game, match”.

Is it en match or ett match?

It is en match, and “the game” is matchen.

What is the plural of match?

The plural of match is matcher, and the definite plural is matcherna.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from English match.

Nearby common words

match is number 1,125 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 1,121rena clean
  • 1,122ö island
  • 1,123ingenstans anywhere, nowhere
  • 1,124ren clean, pure
  • 1,126rosa pink, rose
  • 1,127å pronunciation spelling of och (“and”)
  • 1,128innebära involve, mean
  • 1,129nyss just now
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