No. 408 in Swedish
mat
Food.
In a sentence
Jag lagade god mat till middagen.
I prepared delicious food for dinner.
Here, 'mat' is used as a noun referring to food in general.
Den maten var verkligen välsmakande.
That food was really tasty.
'Mat' is used together with 'den' to specify particular food.
Har du något mat att äta?
Do you have any food to eat?
Here, 'mat' is used as an uncountable noun to ask about the availability of food.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “mat” in actual Swedish podcasts.
Find “mat” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Swedish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appSwedish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).