en vetenskap
Meaning
science
In Swedish: metoder att systematiskt utforska verkligheten
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en vetenskap |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | vetenskapen |
| Plural, indefinite | vetenskaper |
| Plural, definite | vetenskaperna |
vetenskap is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor vetenskap, den stora vetenskapen. Check another noun
Practise vetenskap
1 / 2Is it en vetenskap or ett vetenskap?
vetenskap in a sentence
- lingvistik är vetenskapen om språketlinguistics is the science of language
Words built with vetenskap
- populärvetenskap popular science
- vetenskapsman scientist
- naturvetenskap (natural) science
Questions
What does vetenskap mean in English?
vetenskap means “science”.
Is it en vetenskap or ett vetenskap?
It is en vetenskap, and “the science” is vetenskapen.
What is the plural of vetenskap?
The plural of vetenskap is vetenskaper, and the definite plural is vetenskaperna.
Origin
From Low German wetenskap, wetenschap, wetenschop, from weten (“to know”) + -schop (“-ship”), equivalent to veta + -skap.
Nearby common words
vetenskap is number 2,348 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