Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en symbol

icon, symbol

Meaning

icon; symbol

In Swedish: tecken med en särskild innebörd

Forms

Forms of symbol
Singular, indefiniteen symbol
Singular, definitesymbolen
Plural, indefinitesymboler
Plural, definitesymbolerna

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

Practise symbol

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Is it en symbol or ett symbol?

symbol in a sentence

  • matematiska symboler
    mathematical symbols
  • hon framstod som en symbol för ungdomsrevolten
    she was a symbol of (symbolized) the youth revolt

Words built with symbol

  • statussymbol status symbol

Questions

What does symbol mean in English?

symbol means “icon, symbol”.

Is it en symbol or ett symbol?

It is en symbol, and “the icon” is symbolen.

What is the plural of symbol?

The plural of symbol is symboler, and the definite plural is symbolerna.

Similar words

märkelogotyp

Origin

From Latin symbolum, cognate with English symbol.

Nearby common words

symbol is number 2,373 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