Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en respekt

respect

Meaning

respect

In Swedish: hög värdering av person, aktning

Forms

Forms of respekt
Singular, indefinite	en respekt
Singular, definite	respekten

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

Practise respekt

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Is it en respekt or ett respekt?

respekt in a sentence

hysa/visa respekt för någon
have/show respect for someone

Questions

What does respekt mean in English?

respekt means “respect”.

Is it en respekt or ett respekt?

It is en respekt, and “the respect” is respekten.

Similar words

aktningvördnad

Where the course teaches it

Saying there is in Swedish with finns
Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

From Latin respectus.

Nearby common words

respekt is number 1,206 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,201nöjd satisfied
1,202fälla fell, pass sentence on
1,203förresten by the way (incidentally)
1,204granne neighbor (US), neighbour (UK)
1,207privat private
1,208tak roof, ceiling
1,209dött died
1,210strid fight

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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