Swedish noun

en reträtt

retreat

Meaning

retreat

In Swedish: återtåg, flykt

Forms

Forms of reträtt
Singular, indefinite	en reträtt
Singular, definite	reträtten
Plural, indefinite	reträtter
Plural, definite	reträtterna

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

Practise reträtt

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Is it en reträtt or ett reträtt?

reträtt in a sentence

slå till reträtt
beat a (the) retreat
tvingas till reträtt
be forced to retreat

Questions

What does reträtt mean in English?

reträtt means “retreat”.

Is it en reträtt or ett reträtt?

It is en reträtt, and “the retreat” is reträtten.

What is the plural of reträtt?

The plural of reträtt is reträtter, and the definite plural is reträtterna.

Similar words

taktiskt tillbakadragande

Origin

Borrowed from French retraite, from retraire, from Latin retrahere.

Nearby common words

reträtt is number 5,936 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,931sond probe, sound
5,933allmänt generally, publicly
5,934oroad worried
5,935påhitt idea, invention
5,937synsk clairvoyant, psychic, clairvoyant
5,938lagra store
5,939dolk dagger
5,940nedräkning countdown

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary