Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en motorcykel

a motorcycle

Meaning

a motorcycle

Forms

Forms of motorcykel
Singular, indefiniteen motorcykel
Singular, definitemotorcykeln
Plural, indefinitemotorcyklar
Plural, definitemotorcyklarna

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

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Is it en motorcykel or ett motorcykel?

Questions

What does motorcykel mean in English?

motorcykel means “a motorcycle”.

Is it en motorcykel or ett motorcykel?

It is en motorcykel, and “the a motorcycle” is motorcykeln.

What is the plural of motorcykel?

The plural of motorcykel is motorcyklar, and the definite plural is motorcyklarna.

Origin

From motor + cykel.

Nearby common words

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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