Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en skatt

tax, duty, treasure; riches, wealth

Meaning

tax; duty; treasure; riches, wealth

In Swedish: avgift för finansiering av samhällets gemensamma uppgifter som man är skyldig att betala för sina inkomster (och sin förmögenhet), utan direkt motprestation

Forms

Forms of skatt
Singular, indefinite	en skatt
Singular, definite	skatten
Plural, indefinite	skatter
Plural, definite	skatterna

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

Practise skatt

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Is it en skatt or ett skatt?

skatt in a sentence

progressiv skatt
graduated tax
Vad betalar du i skatt?
What do you pay in tax?
hög skatt
high rate of taxation
vi hittade sjörövarnas gamla skatt
we stumbled across the pirates' treasure

Words built with skatt

kommunalskatt local taxes
mervärdeskatt value added tax
skattsedel income tax demand note
skattebetalare taxpayer
skatteavdrag tax deduction
konstskatt art treasure
guldskatt hoard of gold

Questions

What does skatt mean in English?

skatt means “tax, duty”.

Is it en skatt or ett skatt?

It is en skatt, and “the tax” is skatten.

What is the plural of skatt?

The plural of skatt is skatter, and the definite plural is skatterna.

Origin

From Old Norse skattr, from Proto-Germanic *skattaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skat-·.

Nearby common words

skatt is number 1,841 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,837intervju interview
1,838dagdrömma daydream
1,839jakt hunt, yacht
1,840sabba ruin, spoil
1,842ramla fall
1,843löjligt ridiculously
1,844skapad created, shaped
1,845förbli stay, remain

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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