Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en skytt

marksman, shotAlso the supine of sky./ˈɧʏt/

Meaning

marksman; shot

In Swedish: person som skjuter

Forms

Forms of skytt
Singular, indefiniteen skytt
Singular, definiteskytten
Plural, indefiniteskyttar
Plural, definiteskyttarna

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

Practise skytt

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Is it en skytt or ett skytt?

skytt in a sentence

  • Skytten är ännu på fri fot
    The shooter is still at large ("still on free foot")
  • Robin Hood var en utomordentlig bågskytt
    Robin Hood was an excellent archer
  • Cristiano Ronaldo är en bra skytt
    Cristiano Ronaldo is a good shooter
  • Hon är en pricksäker skytt
    She is an accurate shot
  • kulspruteskytt
    machine gunner
  • prickskytt
    sniper

Words built with skytt

  • målskytt scorer

Questions

What does skytt mean in English?

skytt means “marksman, shot”.

Is it en skytt or ett skytt?

It is en skytt, and “the marksman” is skytten.

What is the plural of skytt?

The plural of skytt is skyttar, and the definite plural is skyttarna.

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish skytter, from the root of the verb skjuta.

Nearby common words

skytt is number 3,305 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. Browse the dictionary