Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett prat

talk/prɑːt/

Meaning

talk

In Swedish: vardagligt tal

Forms

Forms of prat
Singular, indefinite	ett prat
Singular, definite	pratet

prat is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort prat, det stora pratet. Check another noun

Practise prat

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Is it en prat or ett prat?

prat in a sentence

det är bara löst prat
it is just idle talk

Words built with prat

struntprat nonsense
pratbubbla speech bubble (in comic strips)
småprat small talk, chat

Questions

What does prat mean in English?

prat means “talk”.

Is it en prat or ett prat?

It is ett prat, and “the talk” is pratet.

Similar words

pladdersnack

Origin

From Proto-Germanic *prattuz.

Nearby common words

prat is number 2,984 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,980chock shock
2,981jättekul very fun
2,982halvt half, semi, half
2,983flock flock
2,985start start
2,986förmögenhet fortune, capital
2,987slöseri extravagance, waste
2,988äpple apple

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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