Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en utväg

way out

Meaning

way out

In Swedish: väg ut ur en svårighet, lösning, räddning

Forms

Forms of utväg
Singular, indefiniteen utväg
Singular, definiteutvägen
Plural, indefiniteutvägar
Plural, definiteutvägarna

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

Practise utväg

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Is it en utväg or ett utväg?

utväg in a sentence

  • enda utvägen var att hoppa i vattnet
    the only way out was to jump into the water
  • Han försvarade sig med att han inte hade sett någon annan utväg
    He defended himself by saying that he had seen no other way out
  • Jag kan inte se någon utväg
    I can't see a way out
  • som (en) sista utväg
    as a last resort [as (a) last way out]

Words built with utväg

  • nödfallsutväg emergency exit

Questions

What does utväg mean in English?

utväg means “way out”.

Is it en utväg or ett utväg?

It is en utväg, and “the way out” is utvägen.

What is the plural of utväg?

The plural of utväg is utvägar, and the definite plural is utvägarna.

Origin

ut (“out”) + väg (“way”).

Nearby common words

utväg is number 2,911 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