Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en svit

sequence, succession, after-effect, complication/sviːt/

Meaning

sequence; succession; after-effect; complication; suite

In Swedish: obruten rad

Forms

Forms of svit
Singular, indefiniteen svit
Singular, definitesviten
Plural, indefinitesviter
Plural, definitesviterna

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

Practise svit

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Is it en svit or ett svit?

svit in a sentence

  • hon lider fortfarande av sviter efter sitt benbrott
    she still suffers from the after-effects of breaking her leg

Words built with svit

  • bildsvit series of pictures
  • lyxsvit luxury suite

Questions

What does svit mean in English?

svit means “sequence, succession”.

Is it en svit or ett svit?

It is en svit, and “the sequence” is sviten.

What is the plural of svit?

The plural of svit is sviter, and the definite plural is sviterna.

Origin

Borrowed from French suite, from the verb suivre (“to follow”).

Nearby common words

svit is number 4,528 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