Swedish noun

en nöt

nut, cattle/nøːt/

Meaning

nut; cattle

In Swedish: torr frukt med kärna omgiven av hårt skal

Forms

Forms of nöt
Singular, indefiniteen nöt
Singular, definitenöten
Plural, indefinitenötter
Plural, definitenötterna

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

Practise nöt

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Is it en nöt or ett nöt?

nöt in a sentence

  • knäcka en nöt
    crack a nut

Expressions

  • en hård nöt att knäcka
    a hard nut to crack

Words built with nöt

  • kokosnöt coconut
  • hasselnöt hazelnut
  • nötkärna kernel of a nut
  • nötkött beef

Questions

What does nöt mean in English?

nöt means “nut, cattle”.

Is it en nöt or ett nöt?

It is en nöt, and “the nut” is nöten.

What is the plural of nöt?

The plural of nöt is nötter, and the definite plural is nötterna.

Origin

From Old Swedish nut, not, from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts.

Nearby common words

nöt is number 6,099 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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