adverbnoun

styck

piece

Ett sätt att dela något i mindre delar.

Definition & meaning

The word styck is primarily used in two contexts:

  1. Piece/Unit: It refers to an individual item or a single unit of something. It is very common when counting objects (e.g., "three pieces of candy").
  2. Short form for "stycke": It is a common abbreviation or colloquial shortening of the word stycke , which refers to a paragraph, a section of a text, or a piece of something (like a cut of meat).

In commercial contexts, you will often see the abbreviation "st" used on price tags or inventory lists, which stands for styck.

Grammar & Word origin

  • Grammar: It is a neuter noun. When used as "ett styck", it is often used as a count noun. Note that when counting items, it is often placed after the number without an ending change (e.g., tre styck or tre stycken).
  • Word origin: It stems from the Middle Low German word stük or stück, which also shares the same root as the German word Stück. It has been present in the Swedish language since the medieval period.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms:

  • Stycke (a piece or paragraph)
  • Enhet (unit)
  • Del (part)
  • Exemplar (copy/item)

Antonyms:

  • Helhet (whole/entirety)
  • Massa (mass/bulk)

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Examples

Hur många av produkterna säljs per styck jämfört med i förpackning?adverb

How many of the products are sold per piece compared to in a package?

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