Verb

att lyssna

to listen

Intermediateverb

Meaning

att lyssna is the Swedish word for to listen — a verb you meet early when building Swedish vocabulary. Learn it in context with the example below, hear the pronunciation, then lock it into memory by playing it in the free LearnSwedishFast arcade game.

Example

De beslutar att börja nu.

They decide to begin now.

Short, natural learner sentences—meant for memory, not dictionary citations.

Word forms

Common inflected forms of att lyssna you will see while reading Swedish.

  • lyssn
  • lyssna
  • lyssnade
  • lyssnar
  • lyssnat
  • lyssner

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