Swedish noun

ett skytte

shooting/²ɧʏtɛ/

Meaning

shooting

In Swedish: det att skjuta

Forms

Forms of skytte
Singular, indefiniteett skytte
Singular, definiteskyttet
Plural, indefiniteskytten
Plural, definiteskyttena

skytte is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort skytte, det stora skyttet. Check another noun

Practise skytte

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Is it en skytte or ett skytte?

skytte in a sentence

  • Jag ska testa pistolskytte
    I'm going to try pistol shooting
  • Hon har vunnit ett OS-guld och ett OS-silver i skytte
    She has won two Olympic golds and one Olympic silver in shooting
  • Skyttet var dåligt
    Our shooting was off

Questions

What does skytte mean in English?

skytte means “shooting”.

Is it en skytte or ett skytte?

It is ett skytte, and “the shooting” is skyttet.

What is the plural of skytte?

The plural of skytte is skytten, and the definite plural is skyttena.

Origin

From the verb skytta, which is no longer in use.

Nearby common words

skytte is number 5,660 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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