Swedish noun

ett motgift

antidote/muːt.jift/

Meaning

antidote

In Swedish: medel som hindrar ett gift att verka

Forms

Forms of motgift
Singular, indefiniteett motgift
Singular, definitemotgiftet
Plural, indefinitemotgifter
Plural, definitemotgifterna

motgift is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort motgift, det stora motgiftet. Check another noun

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Is it en motgift or ett motgift?

Questions

What does motgift mean in English?

motgift means “antidote”.

Is it en motgift or ett motgift?

It is ett motgift, and “the antidote” is motgiftet.

What is the plural of motgift?

The plural of motgift is motgifter, and the definite plural is motgifterna.

Origin

mot (“against”) + gift (“poison”).

Nearby common words

motgift is number 5,171 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 5,167generöst generous, generously
  • 5,168donera donate
  • 5,169födsel birth
  • 5,170kaxig cocky
  • 5,172t-shirt a T-shirt (lightweight shirt without buttons and with short sleeves)
  • 5,173förlova get engaged, be engaged
  • 5,174stekt fried (in a frying pan or the like), screwed (in a hopeless situation)
  • 5,175somliga some
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