Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en ärlighet

honesty

Meaning

honesty

Forms

Forms of ärlighet
Singular, indefiniteen ärlighet
Singular, definiteärligheten

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

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Is it en ärlighet or ett ärlighet?

Questions

What does ärlighet mean in English?

ärlighet means “honesty”.

Is it en ärlighet or ett ärlighet?

It is en ärlighet, and “the honesty” is ärligheten.

Origin

ärlig + -het

Nearby common words

ärlighet is number 4,287 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