Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en sektion

section

Meaning

section

In Swedish: avsnitt, avdelning

Forms

Forms of sektion
Singular, indefiniteen sektion
Singular, definitesektionen
Plural, indefinitesektioner
Plural, definitesektionerna

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

Practise sektion

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Is it en sektion or ett sektion?

sektion in a sentence

  • Röda Korsets svenska sektion
    the Swedish section of the Red Cross

Words built with sektion

  • sektionschef head of section

Questions

What does sektion mean in English?

sektion means “section”.

Is it en sektion or ett sektion?

It is en sektion, and “the section” is sektionen.

What is the plural of sektion?

The plural of sektion is sektioner, and the definite plural is sektionerna.

Similar words

avdelninggrupp

Nearby common words

sektion is number 4,015 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