Swedish noun

ett stygn

stitch

Meaning

stitch

In Swedish: det att trä nålen genom tyget etc när man syr

Forms

Forms of stygn
Singular, indefinite	ett stygn
Singular, definite	stygnet
Plural, indefinite	stygn
Plural, definite	stygnen

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

Practise stygn

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Is it en stygn or ett stygn?

stygn in a sentence

Jag fick sy fyra stygn efter olyckan
I got four stitches after the accident

Words built with stygn

tråckelstygn tacking
korsstygn cross-stitch

Questions

What does stygn mean in English?

stygn means “stitch”.

Is it en stygn or ett stygn?

It is ett stygn, and “the stitch” is stygnet.

What is the plural of stygn?

stygn doesn't change in the plural: ett stygn, två stygn (definite: stygnen).

Origin

From styng.

Nearby common words

stygn is number 5,646 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,642smakad tasted
5,643klor chlorine
5,644faktor factor, (a printers') foreman, overseer
5,645kardinal cardinal, principal
5,647ledarskap leadership
5,648hysterisk hysterical
5,649baseball alternative form of baseboll
5,650väster the west

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary