Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en smak

taste; flavour, taste/smɑːk/

Meaning

taste; flavour; taste

In Swedish: förmåga att känna sött, surt etc

Forms

Forms of smak
Singular, indefiniteen smak
Singular, definitesmaken
Plural, indefinitesmaker
Plural, definitesmakerna

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

Practise smak

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Is it en smak or ett smak?

smak in a sentence

  • lukt och smak
    smell and taste
  • en smak av kanel
    a taste of cinnamon
  • kjolen föll henne i smaken
    the dress struck her fancy
  • hon har utsökt smak
    she has immaculate taste
  • en krämig sås med smak av citron
    a creamy sauce with a taste of lemon
  • Den var inte i hans smak
    It wasn't to his taste
  • tycke och smak
    opinions and taste (something subjective – idiomatic)

Expressions

  • efter tycke och smak
    according to one's fancy

Words built with smak

  • fruktsmak fruity taste
  • smaksensation taste sensation
  • smaklös tasteless
  • publiksmak public taste
  • smakriktning trend in taste
  • smakfull tasteful

Questions

What does smak mean in English?

smak means “taste; flavour, taste”.

Is it en smak or ett smak?

It is en smak, and “the taste” is smaken.

What is the plural of smak?

The plural of smak is smaker, and the definite plural is smakerna.

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish smaker, from Middle Low German smak, smake, from Old Saxon *smakk, *smak, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku.

Nearby common words

smak is number 1,951 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. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary