Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en baby

a baby (very young human)

Meaning

a baby (very young human)

In Swedish: spädbarn

Forms

Forms of baby
Singular, indefiniteen baby
Singular, definitebabyn
Plural, indefinitebabys

baby is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor baby, den stora babyn. Check another noun

Practise baby

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Is it en baby or ett baby?

Words built with baby

  • babykläder baby clothes

Questions

What does baby mean in English?

baby means “a baby (very young human)”.

Is it en baby or ett baby?

It is en baby, and “the a baby” is babyn.

What is the plural of baby?

The plural of baby is babys.

Similar words

spädbarnbebis

Nearby common words

baby is number 1,157 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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