Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en turist

tourist

Meaning

tourist

In Swedish: person som reser för sitt nöjes skull

Forms

Forms of turist
Singular, indefiniteen turist
Singular, definiteturisten
Plural, indefiniteturister
Plural, definiteturisterna

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

Practise turist

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Is it en turist or ett turist?

Words built with turist

  • bilturist motorist

Questions

What does turist mean in English?

turist means “tourist”.

Is it en turist or ett turist?

It is en turist, and “the tourist” is turisten.

What is the plural of turist?

The plural of turist is turister, and the definite plural is turisterna.

Origin

From tur + -ist, from English tourist, used in Swedish since 1824.

Nearby common words

turist is number 3,855 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