En eller ett?
en inrikesminister
en-wordInrikesminister (meaning "minister of the interior") is a common-gender noun in Swedish - it takes the article en. Definite singular: inrikesministern. Indefinite plural: inrikesministrar. Definite plural: inrikesministrarna.
Example sentences
Landets inrikesminister svarade på frågor.
indefinite singular
Hon kontaktade inrikesministern.
definite singular
EU har inrikesministrar.
plural
Why is inrikesminister an en-word?
Animals and people 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 inrikesminister en or ett in Swedish?
- Inrikesminister (meaning "minister of the interior") is an en-word in Swedish. Indefinite: en inrikesminister. Definite: inrikesministern. Plural: inrikesministrar. Definite plural: inrikesministrarna.
- What is the definite form of inrikesminister?
- The definite singular of inrikesminister is inrikesministern. En-words take the suffix ‑en in the definite singular. The definite plural is inrikesministrarna.
- What is the plural of inrikesminister in Swedish?
- The indefinite plural of inrikesminister is inrikesministrar. The definite plural is inrikesministrarna.
- Why is inrikesminister an en-word?
- Animals and people are almost always en-words. Inrikesminister follows this pattern.