Swedish noun

en skicklighet

skill, grant, skill (capacity to do something well)

Meaning

skill; grant; skill (capacity to do something well)

Forms

Forms of skicklighet
Singular, indefinite	en skicklighet
Singular, definite	skickligheten

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

Practise skicklighet

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Is it en skicklighet or ett skicklighet?

Questions

What does skicklighet mean in English?

skicklighet means “skill, grant”.

Is it en skicklighet or ett skicklighet?

It is en skicklighet, and “the skill” is skickligheten.

Origin

Affix of skicklig (“skill”) + -het (“-ness”).

Nearby common words

skicklighet is number 6,296 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,292leg certified, authorized; indicating an authorized medical doctor, not a quack; abbreviation of legitimerad
6,293svinga swing
6,294vräka throw out, evict
6,295ärm sleeve
6,297beröm commendation, praise
6,298rörigt messily, chaotically
6,299sumpa miss
6,300flygvapen an air force

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary