Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en redaktör

editor

Meaning

editor

In Swedish: ledare av el. medarbetare vid tidning, tidskrift, förlag e dyl

Forms

Forms of redaktör
Singular, indefiniteen redaktör
Singular, definiteredaktören
Plural, indefiniteredaktörer
Plural, definiteredaktörerna

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

Practise redaktör

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Is it en redaktör or ett redaktör?

Questions

What does redaktör mean in English?

redaktör means “editor”.

Is it en redaktör or ett redaktör?

It is en redaktör, and “the editor” is redaktören.

What is the plural of redaktör?

The plural of redaktör is redaktörer, and the definite plural is redaktörerna.

Origin

Borrowed from French rédacteur, attested from 1789.

Nearby common words

redaktör is number 4,984 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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