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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en misstanke

suspicion

Meaning

suspicion

In Swedish: aning (att något ligger till på ett visst sätt)

Forms

Forms of misstanke
Singular, indefiniteen misstanke
Singular, definitemisstanken
Plural, indefinitemisstankar
Plural, definitemisstankarna

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

Practise misstanke

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Is it en misstanke or ett misstanke?

misstanke in a sentence

  • misstanke om brott
    suspicion of crime
  • fatta misstankar
    have a suspicion

Questions

What does misstanke mean in English?

misstanke means “suspicion”.

Is it en misstanke or ett misstanke?

It is en misstanke, and “the suspicion” is misstanken.

What is the plural of misstanke?

The plural of misstanke is misstankar, and the definite plural is misstankarna.

Origin

From miss- + tanke (“thought”).

Nearby common words

misstanke is number 3,921 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,917kinesisk Chinese
  • 3,918bedrägeri deceit, cheating; fraud
  • 3,919bokstavligen literally (not figuratively, allegorically, etc. – in truth), literally (exactly matching or corresponding to the original word(s) (of for example a translation))
  • 3,920avskedad fired, kicked (from a job)
  • 3,922kidnappade kidnapped
  • 3,923högkvarter headquarters
  • 3,924smörja grease; smear, daub; lubricate
  • 3,925fingra finger
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