Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett stycke

piece

Meaning

piece

In Swedish: bit (av något större), del

Forms

Forms of stycke
Singular, indefiniteett stycke
Singular, definitestycket
Plural, indefinitestycken
Plural, definitestyckena

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

Practise stycke

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Is it en stycke or ett stycke?

stycke in a sentence

  • komma ett stycke på väg
    come part of the way
  • fem stycken äpplen
    five apples
  • ett stycke kulturhistoria
    a piece of cultural history

Words built with stycke

  • arbetsstycke work piece
  • teaterstycke play
  • köttstycke piece of meat

Questions

What does stycke mean in English?

stycke means “piece”.

Is it en stycke or ett stycke?

It is ett stycke, and “the piece” is stycket.

What is the plural of stycke?

The plural of stycke is stycken, and the definite plural is styckena.

Similar words

partavsnittfragmentparti

Origin

From Old Norse stykki, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg-.

Nearby common words

stycke is number 4,101 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 4,096tragiskt tragic, tragic, tragically
  • 4,097kana slide
  • 4,099vinka wave
  • 4,100oundviklig unavoidable, inevitable
  • 4,102jan alternative form of jan.: abbreviation of januari (“January”)
  • 4,103helgon saint
  • 4,104rykta curry, dress
  • 4,105såsom as, like, as (in the capacity of)
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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