Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en pest

plague

Meaning

plague

In Swedish: en farlig smittsam infektionssjukdom

Practise pest

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Is it en pest or ett pest?

Expressions

sky något el. någon som pesten
avoid sby or sth. like the plague

Words built with pest

pestsmittad infected with the plague
böldpest bubonic plague

Questions

What does pest mean in English?

pest means “plague”.

Is it en pest or ett pest?

It is en pest.

Origin

Ultimately from Latin pestis.

Nearby common words

pest is number 4,434 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,430förvar safekeeping
4,431kommitté committee
4,432salong lounge, drawing room
4,433online online.
4,435dansare dancer
4,436hjälplös helpless
4,437intim intimate
4,438målad painted

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary