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Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en musik

music/mʉˈsiːk/

Meaning

music

In Swedish: toner arrangerade melodiskt, rytmiskt och harmoniskt

Forms

Forms of musik
Singular, indefiniteen musik
Singular, definitemusiken

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

Practise musik

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Is it en musik or ett musik?

musik in a sentence

  • musik av J S Bach
    music of J. S. Bach
  • klassisk musik
    classical music
  • Gillar du musik?
    Do you like music?
  • lyssna på musik
    listen to music
  • spela musik
    play music
  • framföra musik
    perform music
  • Det är som musik i mina öron
    It's like music to [in] my ears

Expressions

  • det lät som musik i mina öron
    it was music to my ears

Words built with musik

  • musikinstrument musical instrument
  • musiklärare music teacher
  • folkmusik folk music
  • popmusik pop music

Questions

What does musik mean in English?

musik means “music”.

Is it en musik or ett musik?

It is en musik, and “the music” is musiken.

Origin

From Latin mūsica (“music”).

Nearby common words

musik is number 810 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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