Swedish noun

en sked

spoon, spoonful/ɧeːd/

Meaning

spoon; spoonful

In Swedish: redskap att äta flytande föda med

Forms

Forms of sked
Singular, indefiniteen sked
Singular, definiteskeden
Plural, indefiniteskedar
Plural, definiteskedarna

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

Practise sked

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Is it en sked or ett sked?

sked in a sentence

  • äta soppa med en sked
    eat soup with a spoon

Words built with sked

  • silversked silver spoon
  • matsked tablespoon

Questions

What does sked mean in English?

sked means “spoon, spoonful”.

Is it en sked or ett sked?

It is en sked, and “the spoon” is skeden.

What is the plural of sked?

The plural of sked is skedar, and the definite plural is skedarna.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish skedh, from Old Norse skeið.

Nearby common words

sked is number 5,405 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