Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en summa

total, sum, amount

Meaning

total; sum; amount

In Swedish: resultat av en sammanräkning

Forms

Forms of summa
Singular, indefiniteen summa
Singular, definitesumman
Plural, indefinitesummor
Plural, definitesummorna

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

Practise summa

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Is it en summa or ett summa?

summa in a sentence

  • en obetydlig summa
    an insignificant amount
  • summan av det hela blev att hon stannade hemma
    the sum total was that she stayed at home, in the end, she stayed at home
  • företaget satsade stora summor
    the company invested large sums

Words built with summa

  • lånesumma credit total, amount of loan
  • köpesumma purchasing sum

Questions

What does summa mean in English?

summa means “total, sum”.

Is it en summa or ett summa?

It is en summa, and “the total” is summan.

What is the plural of summa?

The plural of summa is summor, and the definite plural is summorna.

Similar words

totaltotalbeloppbelopp

Origin

Borrowed from Latin summa.

Nearby common words

summa is number 2,851 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