Learn Swedish: Har du sett det nya avsnittet? Ett sådant hyckleri! - Have you seen the new episode? Such hypocrisy!

In Swedish exclamations using sådan, it is standard to include the indefinite article (en or ett) to add emphasis. This happens even with abstract or uncountable nouns where English would normally drop the article.

Could I say Ett sånt hyckleri instead?

Yes, definitely. sånt is the standard spoken and informal written form of sådant. Using sådant makes the exclamation sound slightly more formal or dramatic, but both are completely natural here.

How do I know to use ett sådant rather than en sådan with hyckleri?

The word hyckleri is an ett-word. You can often guess this because Swedish nouns ending in the suffix -eri (which usually describe concepts, behaviors, or businesses) are almost always ett-words. Because of this, the article and the exclamatory word must be in their neuter forms (ett and sådant).

As a refresher, why does avsnittet have the definite suffix if we already used the definite article det?