Swedish noun

en representant

representative

Meaning

representative

In Swedish: (ställ)företrädare, ombud

Forms

Forms of representant
Singular, indefiniteen representant
Singular, definiterepresentanten
Plural, indefiniterepresentanter
Plural, definiterepresentanterna

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

Practise representant

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Is it en representant or ett representant?

representant in a sentence

  • en representant för tredje världen
    a representative of the third world

Questions

What does representant mean in English?

representant means “representative”.

Is it en representant or ett representant?

It is en representant, and “the representative” is representanten.

What is the plural of representant?

The plural of representant is representanter, and the definite plural is representanterna.

Similar words

företrädareförtroendeman

Origin

From French représentant.

Nearby common words

representant is number 5,485 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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