En eller ett?
en besökare
en-wordBesökare (meaning "visitor") is a common-gender noun in Swedish - it takes the article en. Definite singular: besökaren. Indefinite plural: besökare. Definite plural: besökarna.
Example sentences
en besökare anlände till platsen.
indefinite singular
Han välkomnade besökaren.
definite singular
Platsen tog emot många besökare.
plural
Why is besökare an en-word?
Nouns ending in -are are almost always en-words
This is one of 30 rules of thumb in Artikulera for predicting Swedish grammatical gender. The rule isn't absolute, but it holds for the vast majority of nouns that match the pattern.
Rare exceptions exist, but this rule correctly predicts the gender of most Swedish nouns that match the pattern.
Same rule - also en-words
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Frequently asked questions
- Is besökare en or ett in Swedish?
- Besökare (meaning "visitor") is an en-word in Swedish. Indefinite: en besökare. Definite: besökaren. Plural: besökare. Definite plural: besökarna.
- What is the definite form of besökare?
- The definite singular of besökare is besökaren. En-words take the suffix ‑en in the definite singular. The definite plural is besökarna.
- What is the plural of besökare in Swedish?
- The indefinite plural of besökare is besökare. The definite plural is besökarna.
- Why is besökare an en-word?
- Nouns ending in -are are almost always en-words. Besökare follows this pattern.