Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en sport

sport/ˈspɔʈ/

Meaning

sport

In Swedish: verksamhet där man tränar kroppen för nöjes skull el. för att tävla

Forms

Forms of sport
Singular, indefiniteen sport
Singular, definitesporten
Plural, indefinitesporter
Plural, definitesporterna

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

Practise sport

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Is it en sport or ett sport?

Words built with sport

  • frågesport quiz
  • skidsport skiing

Questions

What does sport mean in English?

sport means “sport”.

Is it en sport or ett sport?

It is en sport, and “the sport” is sporten.

What is the plural of sport?

The plural of sport is sporter, and the definite plural is sporterna.

Similar words

idrott

Where the course teaches it

Origin

Borrowed from English sport, first used in 1857.

Nearby common words

sport is number 2,900 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 2,897tatuering tattoo
  • 2,898halvår a half-year (often six months)
  • 2,899tina melt, thaw
  • 2,901brygga landing-stage, bridge
  • 2,902trollkarl a wizard, a magician, a sorcerer (man who can perform supernatural magic), a magician, a conjurer (performer of magic tricks)
  • 2,903torr dry
  • 2,904checka check
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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