Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en present

present/prɛˈsent/

Meaning

present

In Swedish: sak som en person ger en annan, gåva

Forms

Forms of present
Singular, indefinite	en present
Singular, definite	presenten
Plural, indefinite	presenter
Plural, definite	presenterna

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

Practise present

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Is it en present or ett present?

present in a sentence

en present till far
a present for my father
jag fick tofflor i present
I got a pair of slippers as a present

Words built with present

födelsedagspresent birthday present

Questions

What does present mean in English?

present means “present”.

Is it en present or ett present?

It is en present, and “the present” is presenten.

What is the plural of present?

The plural of present is presenter, and the definite plural is presenterna.

Similar words

gåva

Nearby common words

present is number 1,281 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,277slappna loosen, slacken
1,278rygg back
1,279slänga throw, toss
1,280prov trial, test, experiment, examination
1,282mormor a maternal grandmother
1,283genast immediately
1,284misslyckas fail
1,285förstod understood

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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