Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en rikedom

wealth, riches, abundance

Meaning

wealth; riches; abundance

In Swedish: stora tillgångar, förmögenhet; riklighet, överflöd

Forms

Forms of rikedom
Singular, indefiniteen rikedom
Singular, definiterikedomen
Plural, indefiniterikedomar
Plural, definiterikedomarna

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

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rikedom in a sentence

  • havets rikedomar
    the riches (abundance) of the sea
  • en rikedom på förslag
    an abundance (wealth) of proposals
  • makt och rikedom
    power and wealth
  • jakten på rikedom
    the pursuit of wealth
  • vägen till rikedom
    the road to riches
  • landets enorma oljerikedomar [plural]
    the country's enormous oil wealth [riches]
  • artrikedom
    species richness
  • fantasirikedom
    wealth of imagination

Words built with rikedom

  • idérikedom wealth of ideas
  • variationsrikedom wealth of variety

Questions

What does rikedom mean in English?

rikedom means “wealth, riches”.

Is it en rikedom or ett rikedom?

It is en rikedom, and “the wealth” is rikedomen.

What is the plural of rikedom?

The plural of rikedom is rikedomar, and the definite plural is rikedomarna.

Similar words

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Origin

From Old Swedish rīkedōmber, rīkdōmber, from Old Norse ríkdómr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijadōmaz, equivalent to rik + -dom.

Nearby common words

rikedom is number 4,252 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