Swedish adjective· top 1,000 most common

arg

enraged, mad (US), angry/arj/

Meaning

enraged; mad (US); angry

In Swedish: som (tillfälligt) känner vrede, uppretad

Forms

Forms of arg
Basic form	arg	with en-words
Neuter	argt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	arga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	argare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	argast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does arg mean?

arg in a sentence

Varför blev hon arg på dig?
Why did she get so angry with you?
en arg tjur
a raging bull
Jag blev arg på honom
I got mad at him
Elin blev mycket arg när hennes hund kissade i köket
Elin was very angry when her dog peed in the kitchen

Questions

What does arg mean in English?

arg means “enraged, mad (US)”.

Similar words

rasandeförgrymmadgramseilskilskenputtvred

Origin

From Old Swedish argher, from Old Norse argr, from Proto-Germanic *argaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃orǵʰ-, *h₃erǵʰ- (“to copulate”).

Nearby common words

arg is number 565 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

561doktor doctor, physician
562mörda murder
563lugn calm, self-possessed
564svart black
566hälsa salute, greet
567utanför outside
568unge kid, child
569självklart certainly, of course, self-evident, obviously

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary