How to use the definite article in Swedish

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The Swedish definite article

The definite article is what we call the word 'the' in English. The definite article is used with nouns. The English definite article 'the' is '-en' or '-et' in Swedish. The word '-en' is used with masculine words and feminine words. The word '-et' is used with neuter words.

Examples

dörren

the door

staden

the city

natten

the night

stolen

the chair

huset

the house

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Step 4 : The definite article in Swedish

The definite article is what we call the word the in English. The definite article is used with nouns. Using the nouns bok, stol and dörr (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn how to use the definite article with each of the nouns. The nouns together with the definite article are boken, stolen and dörren (the book, the chair, the door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the definite article in Swedish including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the definite article with the Swedish nouns bok, stol and dörr, you're ready to move on to Step 5 (the plural in Swedish).

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