Swedish noun

en strejk

strike/strɛjːk/

Meaning

strike

In Swedish: vägran att arbeta för att få vissa krav uppfyllda, arbetsnedläggelse

Forms

Forms of strejk
Singular, indefiniteen strejk
Singular, definitestrejken
Plural, indefinitestrejker
Plural, definitestrejkerna

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

Practise strejk

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Is it en strejk or ett strejk?

strejk in a sentence

  • de anställda gick i strejk
    the employees went on strike
  • Strejken har pågått i tre månader
    The strike has been going for three months
  • I morgon går 500 piloter ut i strejk
    Tomorrow, 500 pilots go on strike
  • Facket hotar med att ta ut 2 000 av sina medlemmar i strejk
    The union threatens to take 2, 000 of its members out on strike
  • 2 000 fackmedlemmar är uttagna i strejk
    2, 000 union members have been called out on strike [are taken out on strike]

Words built with strejk

  • sittstrejk sit-down strike, sit-in
  • strejkbrytare scab, blackleg, strikebreaker

Questions

What does strejk mean in English?

strejk means “strike”.

Is it en strejk or ett strejk?

It is en strejk, and “the strike” is strejken.

What is the plural of strejk?

The plural of strejk is strejker, and the definite plural is strejkerna.

Origin

Borrowed from English strike.

Nearby common words

strejk is number 6,609 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