Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en telefon

telephone/tɛlɛˈfoːn/

Meaning

telephone

In Swedish: apparat med trådöverföring av ljud

Forms

Forms of telefon
Singular, indefiniteen telefon
Singular, definitetelefonen
Plural, indefinitetelefoner
Plural, definitetelefonerna

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

Practise telefon

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Is it en telefon or ett telefon?

telefon in a sentence

  • telefonen ringer
    the telephone is ringing
  • prata i telefon
    talk on the telephone
  • ringa någon med en telefon
    call someone with a telephone
  • Har du sett min telefon?
    Have you seen my phone?
  • Har du kollat telefonen idag?
    Have you checked your phone today?
  • att svara i telefon
    to answer the phone
  • Hon svarar inte i telefon
    She doesn't answer the phone
  • prata/vara/sitta/stå/etc. i telefon
    be on the phone

Words built with telefon

Questions

What does telefon mean in English?

telefon means “telephone”.

Is it en telefon or ett telefon?

It is en telefon, and “the telephone” is telefonen.

What is the plural of telefon?

The plural of telefon is telefoner, and the definite plural is telefonerna.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

tele- + -fon

Nearby common words

telefon is number 548 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