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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en mist

lighter fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)Also the supine of mista.

Meaning

lighter fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)

Forms

Forms of mist
Singular, indefiniteen mist
Singular, definitemisten

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

Practise mist

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Is it en mist or ett mist?

Questions

What does mist mean in English?

mist means “lighter fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)”.

Is it en mist or ett mist?

It is en mist, and “the lighter fog” is misten.

Origin

From Old Norse mistr, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

Nearby common words

mist is number 4,992 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 4,988alarm allert
  • 4,989baklänges backwards; moving toward the back; from end to beginning, backwards; such that the back precedes the front
  • 4,990överreagera overreact
  • 4,991fyr lighthouse, beacon
  • 4,993gryta cauldron, pot
  • 4,994kupol dome
  • 4,996vuxit grown
  • 4,997retas tease
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