"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.

[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.

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

This almost looks like readable English. "that are an type of system"

[voraciousviolet]

I was just about to say that

[Forchion]

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

[Edinfabio]

In Swedish could 'ett system' mean the society?

[devalanteriel]

No, not really. I mean, you could say things like

• political system = politiskt system
• societal system = samhällssystem

... and so on, but system by itself is neutral.

[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.