stycken

Swedish

Alternative forms

• st. (abbreviation)

Noun

stycken

1. (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

1. indefinite plural of stycke

References

• styck in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stycken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stycke in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)