Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett tryck

pressure, stress, printAlso the imperative of trycka.

Meaning

pressure; stress; print

In Swedish: kraft per ytenhet; press

Forms

Forms of tryck
Singular, indefiniteett tryck
Singular, definitetrycket
Plural, indefinitetryck
Plural, definitetrycken

tryck is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort tryck, det stora trycket. Check another noun

Practise tryck

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Is it en tryck or ett tryck?

tryck in a sentence

  • opinionens tryck
    the pressure of opinion
  • trycket stiger på andra stavelsen
    the second syllable of the word is stressed
  • uppsatsen finns i tryck
    the essay is available in print

Words built with tryck

  • blodtryck blood pressure
  • skattetryck tax burden
  • trycksvärta printer's ink

Questions

What does tryck mean in English?

tryck means “pressure, stress”.

Is it en tryck or ett tryck?

It is ett tryck, and “the pressure” is trycket.

What is the plural of tryck?

tryck doesn't change in the plural: ett tryck, två tryck (definite: trycken).

Nearby common words

tryck is number 1,314 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