Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en plats

place, room, position, job

Meaning

place; room; position; job

In Swedish: område med ett bestämt läge

Forms

Forms of plats
Singular, indefiniteen plats
Singular, definiteplatsen
Plural, indefiniteplatser
Plural, definiteplatserna

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

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Is it en plats or ett plats?

plats in a sentence

  • offentliga platser
    public places
  • var sak på sin plats
    everything in its place
  • det får inte plats någon mer i bussen
    there isn't room for any more people on the bus
  • ge plats för nya lokaler
    make room for new premises
  • konkurrera om platserna
    compete for the jobs
  • hon hamnade på tredje plats
    she came third (in third place)
  • Ursäkta, är den här platsen upptagen?
    Excuse me, but is this seat occupied?
  • Hur mycket plats behövs på hårddisken?
    How much space is needed on the hard drive?

Expressions

  • sätta någon på plats
    put sby in his/her place

Words built with plats

  • platschef local (branch, plant) manager
  • sjukhusplats hospital place (bed)
  • platsbrist lack of room
  • platsannons advertisement under situations vacant, job advertisement

Questions

What does plats mean in English?

plats means “place, room”.

Is it en plats or ett plats?

It is en plats, and “the place” is platsen.

What is the plural of plats?

The plural of plats is platser, and the definite plural is platserna.

Similar words

ställepositionplacering

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Origin

From Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German plātze, from Old French place, from Latin platea.

Nearby common words

plats is number 322 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