"Det är öppet för allmänheten."

Translation: It is open to the public.

[Cheryl618]

How does "i allmänhet" mean "generally"? Just trying to understand so I won't get them mixed up.

[Arnauti]

Well, you don't have 'in generality' in English, but you do have 'in general' which is close.

[SrMarien]

Im trying to understand the word by dividing it into smaller pieces, but where does the 'heten' come from/what does it mean?

[Zmrzlina]

-het is an ending Swedish can add to words in the same way English adds -ness to form a noun. The -en is the definite form of the word. Allmän means the adjective "public".

[SrMarien]

Ah, that makes sense indeed. Thank you!

[AGreatUserName]

If you want to translate it into the related parts in English, it would be like "all-men-hood" ... -het is roughly '-ness' but is related to '-hood' in English.

[SrMarien]

Or 'heid' in my native language. I just didn't see it because of the -en on the end. Thanks for helping all!

[1Sely7]

Or "-heit" in German

[Nimajita]

Allgemeinheit, yes.

[bigswedeej]

Then why is it öppet and not öppen

[Zmrzlina]

It has to agree with the det at the beginning.

[sandeepa2]

Tack

[bigswedeej]

Could that also be "open to everyone"?

[Arnauti]

No, that would be öppet för alla.

[Allison23215]

I tried "everybody" which seemed logical. Nope.

[Arnauti]

That would also be alla. allmänheten means 'the public'.

[Allison23215]

Tack!

[sweden_bubu]

Öppet and öppnar are same?

[Linguistic_Bot]

öppnar is more of "is opening" or "opens"