Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en yta

space, area, surface

Meaning

space; area; surface

In Swedish: areal (som är produkten av längd och bredd); utrymme

Forms

Forms of yta
Singular, indefiniteen yta
Singular, definiteytan
Plural, indefiniteytor
Plural, definiteytorna

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

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yta in a sentence

  • en vacker yta
    a beautiful surface
  • en platt yta
    a flat surface
  • bollens yta
    the surface of the ball
  • vattenyta
    water surface
  • Döda fiskar flöt upp till ytan.
    Dead fish floated to the surface.
  • Det flöt olja på ytan.
    There was oil floating on the surface.
  • Under familjens välpolerade yta kan man ana ett mörker.
    Beneath the family's well-polished surface, you can sense a darkness.
  • Han är inte äkta. Allt är yta.
    He's not real. Everything is surface.

Words built with yta

  • byggyta building area
  • ytbehandling finishing
  • vattenyta water surface

Questions

What does yta mean in English?

yta means “space, area”.

Is it en yta or ett yta?

It is en yta, and “the space” is ytan.

What is the plural of yta?

The plural of yta is ytor, and the definite plural is ytorna.

Similar words

arealarea

Origin

From ut, from út, from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out, outward”).

Nearby common words

yta is number 2,161 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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