ett nät
Meaning
net
In Swedish: (material av) hopknutna trådar som bildar ett rutmönster
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | ett nät |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | nätet |
| Plural, indefinite | nät |
| Plural, definite | näten |
nät is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort nät, det stora nätet. Check another noun
Practise nät
1 / 2Is it en nät or ett nät?
Words built with nät
- datanät computer network
- fisknät fishing net
- tennisnät tennis net
- telenät telecommunicationus network
- nätmaska mesh
Questions
What does nät mean in English?
nät means “net”.
Is it en nät or ett nät?
It is ett nät, and “the net” is nätet.
What is the plural of nät?
nät doesn't change in the plural: ett nät, två nät (definite: näten).
Origin
From Old Swedish næt, from Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).
Nearby common words
nät is number 1,723 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