Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en myt

myth/myːt/

Meaning

myth

In Swedish: gammal religiös berättelse som tolkar tillvaron

Forms

Forms of myt
Singular, indefiniteen myt
Singular, definitemyten
Plural, indefinitemyter
Plural, definitemyterna

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

Practise myt

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Is it en myt or ett myt?

myt in a sentence

  • myten om det lyckliga bondesamhället
    the myth of the contented agrarian society

Words built with myt

  • mytbildning creation of myth, mythopoeia
  • modersmyt the myth of motherhood

Questions

What does myt mean in English?

myt means “myth”.

Is it en myt or ett myt?

It is en myt, and “the myth” is myten.

What is the plural of myt?

The plural of myt is myter, and the definite plural is myterna.

Similar words

sägen

Origin

Derived from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos).

Nearby common words

myt is number 3,362 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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