Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en tillåtelse

permission

Meaning

permission

In Swedish: lov, tillstånd

Forms

Forms of tillåtelse
Singular, indefiniteen tillåtelse
Singular, definitetillåtelsen
Plural, indefinitetillåtelser
Plural, definitetillåtelserna

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

Practise tillåtelse

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Is it en tillåtelse or ett tillåtelse?

tillåtelse in a sentence

  • få tillåtelse (till) att göra något
    Get permission to do sth.
  • Jag bad om tillåtelse att gå
    I asked for permission to leave
  • Du har min tillåtelse
    You have my permission

Questions

What does tillåtelse mean in English?

tillåtelse means “permission”.

Is it en tillåtelse or ett tillåtelse?

It is en tillåtelse, and “the permission” is tillåtelsen.

What is the plural of tillåtelse?

The plural of tillåtelse is tillåtelser, and the definite plural is tillåtelserna.

Origin

tillåta + -else

Nearby common words

tillåtelse is number 3,143 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