Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en vinst

prize, profit/vɪnst/

Meaning

prize; profit

In Swedish: det som tilldelas en vinnare (i lotteri el. tävling)

Forms

Forms of vinst
Singular, indefiniteen vinst
Singular, definitevinsten
Plural, indefinitevinster
Plural, definitevinsterna

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

Practise vinst

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Is it en vinst or ett vinst?

vinst in a sentence

  • en överlägsen vinst
    a crushing victory
  • vinna högsta vinsten
    win the first prize
  • firman går med vinst
    it's a paying concern
  • företagens vinster
    the companies' profits

Expressions

  • på vinst och förlust
    as a venture (speculation)

Words built with vinst

  • nettovinst net profit

Questions

What does vinst mean in English?

vinst means “prize, profit”.

Is it en vinst or ett vinst?

It is en vinst, and “the prize” is vinsten.

What is the plural of vinst?

The plural of vinst is vinster, and the definite plural is vinsterna.

Similar words

profitvinningutdelning

Nearby common words

vinst is number 2,839 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,835tråd thread
  • 2,836museum museum
  • 2,837livstid age (whole duration of a being), a lifetime, Short for livstids fängelse (“life imprisonment”) (which is not commonly for life)
  • 2,838road amused
  • 2,840förlåtelse forgiveness
  • 2,841stolthet pride
  • 2,842bal bundle, bale
  • 2,843spänn krona coin
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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