Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en tvätt

laundry

Meaning

laundry

In Swedish: rengöring (av kläder)

Forms

Forms of tvätt
Singular, indefiniteen tvätt
Singular, definitetvätten
Plural, indefinitetvättar
Plural, definitetvättarna

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

Practise tvätt

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Is it en tvätt or ett tvätt?

tvätt in a sentence

  • smutstvätt
    dirty laundry
  • hämta tvätten
    pick up the laundry
  • en tvättkorg
    a laundry basket
  • tvätt av kläder
    washing of clothes
  • penningtvätt
    money laundering

Words built with tvätt

  • vittvätt whites
  • tvättinrättning laundry

Questions

What does tvätt mean in English?

tvätt means “laundry”.

Is it en tvätt or ett tvätt?

It is en tvätt, and “the laundry” is tvätten.

What is the plural of tvätt?

The plural of tvätt is tvättar, and the definite plural is tvättarna.

Similar words

byk

Origin

From Old Norse þváttr, from Proto-Germanic *þwahtuz.

Nearby common words

tvätt is number 3,302 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