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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en skrift

handwriting, script, writing, publication

Meaning

handwriting; script; writing; publication; written (printed) document; booklet; paper

In Swedish: återgivande av språk med skrivtecken

Forms

Forms of skrift
Singular, indefiniteen skrift
Singular, definiteskriften
Plural, indefiniteskrifter
Plural, definiteskrifterna

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

Practise skrift

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Is it en skrift or ett skrift?

skrift in a sentence

  • tal och skrift
    speech and writing
  • Strindbergs samlade skrifter
    the collected works of Strindberg

Words built with skrift

  • blindskrift Braille
  • skriftbild visual impression of written or printed text
  • årsskrift yearbook

Questions

What does skrift mean in English?

skrift means “handwriting, script”.

Is it en skrift or ett skrift?

It is en skrift, and “the handwriting” is skriften.

What is the plural of skrift?

The plural of skrift is skrifter, and the definite plural is skrifterna.

Origin

From Old Swedish skrift, skript, from Old Norse skript, from Middle Low German schrift, ultimately from Latin scriptum.

Nearby common words

skrift is number 4,832 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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