Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en räkning

arithmetic, counting, addition, calculation

Meaning

arithmetic; counting; addition; calculation

In Swedish: matematik

Forms

Forms of räkning
Singular, indefiniteen räkning
Singular, definiteräkningen
Plural, indefiniteräkningar
Plural, definiteräkningarna

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

Practise räkning

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Is it en räkning or ett räkning?

räkning in a sentence

  • barnen lär sig läsning och räkning
    the children learn to read and count
  • tappa räkningen på vilken gång i ordningen det är
    lose count of how many times it's happened
  • betala räkningen
    pay the bill
  • folkräkning
    census ("people counting")
  • Jag har tappat räkningen
    I have lost count
  • Hålla räkning på något
    Keep count of something
  • Efter lite räkning kom vi fram till att skogen har två älgar per kvadratkilometer
    After some calculations, we concluded that the forest has two moose per square kilometer
  • räkning med integraler
    working with integrals ("calculation with integrals")

Expressions

  • för någons räkning
    on someone's behalf

Words built with räkning

  • balansräkning balance sheet
  • elräkning electricity account
  • checkräkning checking (current) account

Questions

What does räkning mean in English?

räkning means “arithmetic, counting”.

Is it en räkning or ett räkning?

It is en räkning, and “the arithmetic” is räkningen.

What is the plural of räkning?

The plural of räkning is räkningar, and the definite plural is räkningarna.

Similar words

faktura

Origin

räkna (“count”) + -ing

Nearby common words

räkning is number 2,010 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. Browse the dictionary