Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en text

text, lyrics

Meaning

text; lyrics

In Swedish: sammanhängande skriftlig framställning

Forms

Forms of text
Singular, indefinite	en text
Singular, definite	texten
Plural, indefinite	texter
Plural, definite	texterna

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

Practise text

1 / 2

Is it en text or ett text?

text in a sentence

krånglig text
complicated text
finstilt text
fine print

Words built with text

bildtext caption
sångtext song lyrics

Questions

What does text mean in English?

text means “text, lyrics”.

Is it en text or ett text?

It is en text, and “the text” is texten.

What is the plural of text?

The plural of text is texter, and the definite plural is texterna.

Origin

Derived from Latin textus.

Nearby common words

text is number 1,362 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,358fria propose, acquit
1,359ägg egg, ovum
1,360svin swine, pig
1,361anse consider, regard
1,363eftermiddag afternoon
1,364resultat result
1,365sprang ran
1,366magi magic

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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