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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett museum

museum/mɵˈseːˌɵm/

Meaning

museum

In Swedish: (byggnad där man visar en) systematisk samling av föremål

Forms

Forms of museum
Singular, indefiniteett museum
Singular, definitemuseet
Plural, indefinitemuseer
Plural, definitemuseerna

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

Practise museum

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Is it en museum or ett museum?

museum in a sentence

  • Historiska museet i Stockholm
    Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm
  • gå på museum
    visit a museum

Words built with museum

  • museiföremål museum piece
  • konstmuseum art museum

Questions

What does museum mean in English?

museum means “museum”.

Is it en museum or ett museum?

It is ett museum, and “the museum” is museet.

What is the plural of museum?

The plural of museum is museer, and the definite plural is museerna.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin museum.

Nearby common words

museum is number 2,836 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,832ärr scar
  • 2,833fysisk physical
  • 2,834aktivitet activity
  • 2,835tråd thread
  • 2,837livstid age (whole duration of a being), a lifetime, Short for livstids fängelse (“life imprisonment”) (which is not commonly for life)
  • 2,838road amused
  • 2,839vinst prize, profit
  • 2,840förlåtelse forgiveness
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