Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en ryggsäck

backpack

Meaning

backpack

Forms

Forms of ryggsäck
Singular, indefiniteen ryggsäck
Singular, definiteryggsäcken
Plural, indefiniteryggsäckar
Plural, definiteryggsäckarna

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

Practise ryggsäck

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Is it en ryggsäck or ett ryggsäck?

Questions

What does ryggsäck mean in English?

ryggsäck means “backpack”.

Is it en ryggsäck or ett ryggsäck?

It is en ryggsäck, and “the backpack” is ryggsäcken.

What is the plural of ryggsäck?

The plural of ryggsäck is ryggsäckar, and the definite plural is ryggsäckarna.

Origin

Compound of rygg + säck.

Nearby common words

ryggsäck is number 4,828 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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