Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en nyhet

news

Meaning

news

In Swedish: något som är nytt

Forms

Forms of nyhet
Singular, indefiniteen nyhet
Singular, definitenyheten
Plural, indefinitenyheter
Plural, definitenyheterna

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

Practise nyhet

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Is it en nyhet or ett nyhet?

nyhet in a sentence

  • Dagens Nyheter
    the Daily News
  • nyhetens behag
    the charm of novelty
  • en glädjande nyhet
    good news
  • lyssna på nyheterna i radio
    listen to the news on the radio
  • Jag har en spännande nyhet
    I have some exciting news
  • dagens huvudnyhet
    today's top story
  • en tvättmaskin med många spännande nyheter
    a washing machine with many exciting novelties

Words built with nyhet

  • nyhetsprogram news programme
  • nyhetsbevakning news coverage
  • sportnyhet sports news

Questions

What does nyhet mean in English?

nyhet means “news”.

Is it en nyhet or ett nyhet?

It is en nyhet, and “the news” is nyheten.

What is the plural of nyhet?

The plural of nyhet is nyheter, and the definite plural is nyheterna.

Origin

From ny + -het.

Nearby common words

nyhet is number 1,156 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 1,152berg mountain, rock
  • 1,153diskutera discuss, debate
  • 1,154röd red
  • 1,155mörk dark, gloomy
  • 1,157baby a baby (very young human)
  • 1,158bomb bomb
  • 1,159inge no, nothing (spoken form of inget)
  • 1,160blomma flower, blossom
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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