Mötet börjar om ungefär tio minuter.

In Swedish, om has several meanings depending on context.

In Mötet börjar om ungefär tio minuter, om is used with a time expression to mean in:

• om tio minuter = in ten minutes
• om en stund = in a little while

So here om is not about. It is marking how much time will pass before something happens.

Because Swedish usually adds the to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

• ett möte = a meeting
• mötet = the meeting

The noun möte is a neuter noun (ett noun), so the definite singular ending is -t:

• möte
  • -t → mötet

So mötet already includes the meaning of the meeting.

Swedish often uses the present tense for planned or scheduled future events, just like English sometimes does:

• The meeting starts in ten minutes.
• Mötet börjar om tio minuter.

So börjar literally looks like present tense, but in this context it naturally refers to the near future.

Ungefär means approximately, about, or roughly.

So:

• om tio minuter = in ten minutes
• om ungefär tio minuter = in about ten minutes

It softens the time expression and shows that the speaker is giving an estimate, not an exact time.

This is the most natural order for this phrase.

A helpful way to see it is:

• om = in
• ungefär = about
• tio minuter = ten minutes

So the structure is basically:

• in + about + ten minutes

Swedish often puts ungefär before the number it modifies:

• ungefär tio minuter
• ungefär fem personer
• ungefär klockan tre

Then that whole time phrase comes after om.

Yes. Cirka can also mean approximately/about.

So these are both possible:

• Mötet börjar om ungefär tio minuter.
• Mötet börjar om cirka tio minuter.

However, ungefär is often a little more conversational and common in everyday speech, while cirka can sound slightly more formal or neutral depending on context.

After a number, Swedish normally uses the indefinite plural form, not the definite plural.

• tio minuter = ten minutes
• minuterna = the minutes

Since this sentence is talking about a quantity of time, Swedish uses tio minuter.

The same pattern appears in many phrases:

• två dagar = two days
• fem veckor = five weeks
• tre timmar = three hours

Yes, to some extent.

The basic order here is:

• Mötet börjar om ungefär tio minuter.

You can also put the time phrase first:

• Om ungefär tio minuter börjar mötet.

That sounds natural too. When a phrase comes first in a Swedish main clause, the verb still stays in second position. This is a very important Swedish rule called V2 word order.

So:

• Mötet börjar ...
• Om ungefär tio minuter börjar mötet

Not:

• Om ungefär tio minuter mötet börjar in a normal main clause.

For a yes/no question, Swedish usually puts the verb first:

• Börjar mötet om ungefär tio minuter?

That means:

• Does the meeting start in about ten minutes?
• or Is the meeting starting in about ten minutes?

This verb-first pattern is very common in Swedish questions.

You add inte after the verb in a main clause:

• Mötet börjar inte om ungefär tio minuter.

That means:

• The meeting does not start in about ten minutes.

So the pattern is:

• subject + verb + inte
  • rest

Examples:

• Jag kommer inte idag.
• Han arbetar inte här.
• Mötet börjar inte än.

A rough guide:

• börjar sounds approximately like BUR-yar, but not exactly
• the ö is a Swedish vowel that does not match a normal English vowel perfectly
• the j in Swedish is pronounced like English y

So:

• börjar ≈ BÖR-yar

Also:

• mötet has two ö sounds
• mö- does not sound like English mo-

If you want a practical learner tip: focus on recognizing j = y and learning that ö is a separate Swedish vowel, not an o.

Yes, it sounds completely natural.

It is a standard way to say that a meeting will start soon. In everyday speech, a native speaker might also say slightly simpler versions such as:

• Mötet börjar om tio minuter.
• Mötet börjar om cirka tio minuter.
• Mötet börjar snart. = The meeting starts soon.

But your original sentence is normal and idiomatic Swedish.