Swedish adjective· top 1,000 most common

söt

sweet, cute/søːt/

Meaning

sweet; cute

In Swedish: som smakar som socker

Forms

Forms of söt
Basic formsötwith en-words
Neutersöttwith ett-words
Plural and definitesötaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativesötare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativesötast“-est”, “most …”

Practise söt

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What does söt mean?

söt in a sentence

  • en söt efterrätt
    a sweet dessert
  • ett sött ansikte
    a sweet face
  • en söt liten flicka
    a sweet little girl
  • Socker är / smakar sött
    Sugar is / tastes sweet
  • Jag tror jag hade i lite för mycket socker. Den blev extremt söt.
    I think I added a bit too much sugar. It turned out extremely sweet.
  • sötsur sås
    sweet-and-sour sauce
  • en söt ankunge
    a cute duckling

Words built with söt

  • sötmandel sweet almond
  • sötaktig sweetish

Questions

What does söt mean in English?

söt means “sweet, cute”.

Similar words

gullig

Origin

From Old Swedish söter, from Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus.

Nearby common words

söt is number 962 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