"Det är en typ av system."

Translation: It is a type of system.

[Yerrick]

Any difference between typ and sort?

[Zmrzlina]

Not really. It's comparable to saying a type of or a kind of in English.

[James704885]

So is it more up to the individual or is it like English where you may refer to type in more clinical or professional ways and kind in general, like types of computer systems or pharmaceuticals but kinds of dogs, snacks, or movies?

[Forchion]

Why is "It is one kind of a system" incorrect?

[CapdeBurro]

Do you need "av" there?

[Arnauti]

Yes, it's needed with typ av, but you can't have it with en sorts.

[Kalzani]

Shouldn't it be 'ETT sorts system'?

[Zmrzlina]

With the construction "en/ett sorts..." It's common to take the indefinite article of sort, rather than the second noun, but both ways are perfectly fine.

[Rycecube]

So 'typ' always requires 'av' afterwards?

[Arnauti]

When it means 'type of'. You can also use it as a filler word much like like or kinda in English. Det är typ omöjligt att tro 'That's like impossible to believe'.
On the other hand sorts has the genitive in it so it's en sorts bok but en typ av bok.

[BrianCcreature]

Okay, this is my first introduction to typ. I have noticed that some swedes use "typ" like some English speakers use "like". So, are they literally interspersing "type" in their sentences, or does it have some other meaning?

[devalanteriel]

It's no less than a filler than "like", and it serves roughly the same meaning.