Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en serie

set, succession, series, [comic] strip/ˈseːrɪɛ/

Meaning

set; succession; series; [comic] strip; cartoon

In Swedish: rad, följd

Forms

Forms of serie
Singular, indefiniteen serie
Singular, definiteserien
Plural, indefiniteserier
Plural, definiteserierna

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

Practise serie

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Is it en serie or ett serie?

serie in a sentence

  • en serie bombattentat utfördes i söndags
    several bombs went off last Sunday
  • en ny engelsk serie
    a new English TV series
  • bilarna tillverkas i långa serier
    the cars are manufactured in long production runs

Words built with serie

  • teveserie TV series
  • artikelserie series of articles
  • seriekrock pile-up
  • serietidning comic
  • serieledare league leader

Questions

What does serie mean in English?

serie means “set, succession”.

Is it en serie or ett serie?

It is en serie, and “the set” is serien.

What is the plural of serie?

The plural of serie is serier, and the definite plural is serierna.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin seriēs.

Nearby common words

serie is number 2,949 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