Swedish noun

en röntgen

X-ray

Meaning

X-ray

In Swedish: fotografering med speciell teknik, genomlysning

Forms

Forms of röntgen
Singular, indefiniteen röntgen
Singular, definiteröntgen
Plural, indefiniteröntgen
Plural, definiteröntgen

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

Practise röntgen

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Is it en röntgen or ett röntgen?

röntgen in a sentence

  • De tog många röntgen på mig. / De gjorde många röntgenundersökningar på mig.
    They did several X-rays on me.
  • Röntgens resultat visar att...
    The X-ray result shows that...

Words built with röntgen

  • röntgenbild X-ray picture

Questions

What does röntgen mean in English?

röntgen means “X-ray”.

Is it en röntgen or ett röntgen?

It is en röntgen, and “the X-ray” is röntgen.

What is the plural of röntgen?

röntgen doesn't change in the plural: en röntgen, två röntgen (definite: röntgen).

Origin

Named after German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

Nearby common words

röntgen is number 6,245 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