Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en officer

officer

Meaning

officer

In Swedish: högre befälsperson inom krigsmakten

Forms

Forms of officer
Singular, indefiniteen officer
Singular, definiteofficeren
Plural, indefiniteofficerare
Plural, definiteofficerarna

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

Practise officer

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Is it en officer or ett officer?

Words built with officer

  • officersgrad officer's rank
  • flygofficer officer in the air force

Questions

What does officer mean in English?

officer means “officer”.

Is it en officer or ett officer?

It is en officer, and “the officer” is officeren.

What is the plural of officer?

The plural of officer is officerare, and the definite plural is officerarna.

Similar words

befälhavare

Origin

Borrowed from French officer.

Nearby common words

officer is number 2,848 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