Swedish noun · interjection· top 5,000 most common

en otur

bad luck

otur as a noun(en otur)

Meaning

bad luck

In Swedish: motgång som beror på slumpen

Forms

Forms of otur
Singular, indefinite	en otur
Singular, definite	oturen

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

otur as an interjection

Meaning

bad luck

Practise otur

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Is it en otur or ett otur?

otur in a sentence

han hade oturen att missa tåget
he was unlucky enough (had the misfortune) to miss the train
Otur!
What bad luck!

Words built with otur

otursdag unlucky day

Questions

What does otur mean in English?

otur means “bad luck”.

Is it en otur or ett otur?

It is en otur, and “the bad luck” is oturen.

Origin

From o- + tur.

Nearby common words

otur is number 2,527 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,523allas everybody's; genitive singular of alla
2,524direktör director
2,525schyst good, fair
2,526alkohol alcohol
2,528domstol a court of law, a court of justice
2,529kaos chaos
2,530kista chest
2,531närvaro presence

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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