En eller ett?
en politik
en-wordPolitik (meaning "policy") is a common-gender noun in Swedish - it takes the article en. Definite singular: politiken. Indefinite plural: politik. Definite plural: politiken.
Example sentences
Han studerar politik.
indefinite singular
Han förklarade politiken.
definite singular
Myndigheter driver politiker.
plural
Why is politik an en-word?
Nouns ending in -ik 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 politik en or ett in Swedish?
- Politik (meaning "policy") is an en-word in Swedish. Indefinite: en politik. Definite: politiken. Plural: politik. Definite plural: politiken.
- What is the definite form of politik?
- The definite singular of politik is politiken. En-words take the suffix ‑en in the definite singular. The definite plural is politiken.
- What is the plural of politik in Swedish?
- The indefinite plural of politik is politik. The definite plural is politiken.
- Why is politik an en-word?
- Nouns ending in -ik are almost always en-words. Politik follows this pattern.