Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en patient

patient/pasiˈenːt/

Meaning

patient

In Swedish: person som vårdas (på sjukhus)

Forms

Forms of patient
Singular, indefiniteen patient
Singular, definitepatienten
Plural, indefinitepatienter
Plural, definitepatienterna

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

Practise patient

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Is it en patient or ett patient?

patient in a sentence

  • hjärtsjuka patienter
    heart patients
  • När man är inlagd på sjukhus så är man en patient
    When you are hospitalized, you are a patient

Words built with patient

  • reumatikerpatient rheumatic patient
  • patientförsäkring patient insurance (against injury incurred during treatment)
  • patientkort patient's record card

Questions

What does patient mean in English?

patient means “patient”.

Is it en patient or ett patient?

It is en patient, and “the patient” is patienten.

What is the plural of patient?

The plural of patient is patienter, and the definite plural is patienterna.

Nearby common words

patient is number 970 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