Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en sjuka

illnessAlso the plural of sjuk./²ɧʉːka/

Meaning

illness

In Swedish: sjukdom

Forms

Forms of sjuka
Singular, indefinite	en sjuka
Singular, definite	sjukan
Plural, indefinite	sjukor
Plural, definite	sjukorna

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

Practise sjuka

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Is it en sjuka or ett sjuka?

sjuka in a sentence

Den här sjukan går nog snart över
This sickness will probably pass soon
Jag ska gå till sjukan, känner mig inte riktigt kry
I'm gonna go see the doctor, don't feel too well

Words built with sjuka

sockersjuka diabetes
sjösjuka seasickness

Questions

What does sjuka mean in English?

sjuka means “illness”.

Is it en sjuka or ett sjuka?

It is en sjuka, and “the illness” is sjukan.

What is the plural of sjuka?

The plural of sjuka is sjukor, and the definite plural is sjukorna.

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish siuka.

Nearby common words

sjuka is number 1,675 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,671flytt a move, a relocation
1,672bita bite
1,673gevär gun, rifle
1,674vänlig friendly
1,676lo lynx
1,677tjena hi, howdy
1,678fars farce
1,679svika fail

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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