Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en titel

title/ˈtɪtɛl/

Meaning

title

In Swedish: beteckning för en persons yrke el. utbildning

Forms

Forms of titel
Singular, indefiniteen titel
Singular, definitetiteln
Plural, indefinitetitlar
Plural, definitetitlarna

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

Practise titel

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Is it en titel or ett titel?

titel in a sentence

  • lägga bort titlarna
    drop the titles (a ceremony after which "du" can be used instead of "ni"; made obsolete in Sweden in 1967)

Words built with titel

  • professorstitel title of professor
  • boktitel title of a book
  • titelsida title page

Questions

What does titel mean in English?

titel means “title”.

Is it en titel or ett titel?

It is en titel, and “the title” is titeln.

What is the plural of titel?

The plural of titel is titlar, and the definite plural is titlarna.

Origin

From Latin titulus.

Nearby common words

titel is number 2,744 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