Swedish Word of the Day
butik
/bu-TIK/ • noun — 11th of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: shop; a retail store where goods are sold
Examples
- Jag går till butiken för att köpa bröd.
(I'm going to the store to buy bread.) - Den nya butiken på hörnet har bra priser.
(The new shop on the corner has good prices.) - Kan du rekommendera en bra klädbutik?
(Can you recommend a good clothing store?)
Synonyms
- affär
- shop
Butik is the common word for a retail shop in Swedish. Stress falls on the second syllable (bu-TIK). Affär can often be used as a synonym, but affär also means 'business' or 'deal' in other contexts, whereas butik specifically refers to a shop. Plural is butiker and you often say 'i butiken' for 'in the store.'
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