"It is beef."

Translation: Det är nötkött.

[NickmoHero]

Hmmm, is "biff" not also a correct translation of "beef"?

What's the difference between "biff" and "nötkött"?

Tack for any responses.

[Zmrzlina]

En biff is a steak. Nötkött is the kind of meat.

[Kapadokya]

Why can't I just say kött? Sometimes I hear people ask for just kött at the cafeteria here in Stockholm..

[Zmrzlina]

Kött = meat, of any kind

[amit_OwO]

Can someone help me to say the word sounds like nutküt

[PandaPete69]

I found the way if saying it to be like nert-shut

[benzzbabii]

On forvo, it sounds like the tk is pronounced ch. Am i hearing it wrong?

[629.ucql9QLTttbE]

it's kö that's pronounced as ch. You'll find the sound in other words such as the verbs, att köpa (to buy) and att köra (to drive)

[RodrigoUri]

Why the ö sound is so different from öll to nötkött? Or is it just me?

[devalanteriel]

Do you mean öl (beer)? It's because of long and short vowels. Actually, nötkött has one of each in it.

[RodrigoUri]

Sorry, devalanteriel, I really meant öl. In nötkött, I listen both vowels as short, and both are followed by two consonants. Which one is long? How can I know if the vowel is short or long? This is hard, I need to improve my listening. Thanks for the help!

[devalanteriel]

They actually don't both have two consonants behind them, since we go by syllable when counting.

So in other words, nötkött is comprised of:

1. nöt - one consonant, long sound
2. kött - two consonants, short sound

Does that help? :)

[RodrigoUri]

Totally! Tack!

[Lena104494]

Is nötkött meat in general or is it specifically taking reference on the animal group?

[devalanteriel]

It's beef, specifically. The word kött just means meat, and nöt means cattle - although it's only really common in the word nötkött, nowadays.

[JoseeV64]

Nötkött is meat from a cow, i.e. beef. Fläskkött is meat from a pig, i.e. pork. Kött is meat. In my dutch ears "kött" sounds a bit like "schut" or "schot". The last reminds me of schieten (to shoot). In the old days you had to hunt.

[RandyCromwell]

This gave me the correct answer as: "Det är oxkött." Is there more than one correct answer here?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, though nötkött is by far the better option to learn.

[WhiteShinigami]

Doesn't 'Den är nötkött' fit?
I honestly have 'den' and 'det' aligned as the same word for all usages.

[devalanteriel]

Swedish uses det for the general "it", but if you do know that you are specifically talking about an en-word, then you can use den. They're mostly both accepted for this reason through-out the course. But in this case, I really can't see any contextual examples of where this would work out, so I think it's fine to just accept det.

[AyaMotawea2]

Hwo can we say kött and nötkött any help please ?

[egwenejs1]

Am I crazy or is nötkött pronounced the same as "not shit"

[silkssilk]

i spelled everything perfect even with accents and it said i had a typo because of a period