Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en skjorta

shirt/²ɧuːrta/

Meaning

shirt

In Swedish: ett tunnare klädesplagg med krage, ärmar och knäppning fram

Forms

Forms of skjorta
Singular, indefinite	en skjorta
Singular, definite	skjortan
Plural, indefinite	skjortor
Plural, definite	skjortorna

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

Practise skjorta

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Is it en skjorta or ett skjorta?

Expressions

kosta skjortan
cost a packet

Words built with skjorta

bomullsskjorta cotton shirt
skjortkrage shirt collar

Questions

What does skjorta mean in English?

skjorta means “shirt”.

Is it en skjorta or ett skjorta?

It is en skjorta, and “the shirt” is skjortan.

What is the plural of skjorta?

The plural of skjorta is skjortor, and the definite plural is skjortorna.

Origin

From Old Swedish skiurta, skiorta, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ.

Nearby common words

skjorta is number 1,887 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,883betalad paid
1,884amerikansk American
1,885brand fire
1,886väder weather
1,888dagens present-day, short for dagens rätt (“the daily special”)
1,889hatt hat
1,890överlämna deliver, present
1,891soffa sofa; settee, couch

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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