Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en medicin

medicine/mɛdɪˈsiːn/

Meaning

medicine

In Swedish: läkarvetenskap

Forms

Forms of medicin
Singular, indefiniteen medicin
Singular, definitemedicinen
Plural, indefinitemediciner
Plural, definitemedicinerna

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

Practise medicin

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Is it en medicin or ett medicin?

medicin in a sentence

  • lugnande medicin
    sedative
  • ta medicin för något
    take medicine for something

Expressions

  • besk medicin
    bitter pill

Words built with medicin

  • hostmedicin cough medicine

Questions

What does medicin mean in English?

medicin means “medicine”.

Is it en medicin or ett medicin?

It is en medicin, and “the medicine” is medicinen.

What is the plural of medicin?

The plural of medicin is mediciner, and the definite plural is medicinerna.

Similar words

botemedelläkemedel

Origin

From Latin medicīna.

Nearby common words

medicin is number 1,104 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. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary