stycken
Swedish
Alternative forms
- st. (abbreviation)
Noun
stycken
- (plural only) instances, instances of (anything)
- Hon köpte fem (stycken) päron
- She bought five (instances of) pears
- Det kom bara fem (stycken) på mötet
- Only five (instances, of humans, i.e. people) came to the meeting
Usage notes
- Usually strictly redundant.
- Sometimes (often jocularly) used for a single object: "en/ett styck [thing]"
- The form "styckna" also occurs, from treating "stycken" as an adjective in the singular.
See also
- styck
- stycke
Noun
stycken
- indefinite plural of stycke.
References
- styck in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stycken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stycke in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)