Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en balans

balance, equilibrium

Meaning

balance; equilibrium

In Swedish: jämvikt

Forms

Forms of balans
Singular, indefinite	en balans
Singular, definite	balansen

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

Practise balans

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Is it en balans or ett balans?

balans in a sentence

hålla balansen
keep one's balance
tappa balansen
lose one's balance
bringa balans i ekonomin
bring the economy back into balance
Lindansare har bra balans
Tightrope walkers have good balance

Words built with balans

balanssinne sense of balance
balansgång balancing; (strike a) balance, (walk a) tightrope
handelsbalans balance of trade, trade balance
maktbalans balance of power

Questions

What does balans mean in English?

balans means “balance, equilibrium”.

Is it en balans or ett balans?

It is en balans, and “the balance” is balansen.

Similar words

harmonijämviktjämviktsläge

Nearby common words

balans is number 3,324 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,320november November
3,321återstå remain
3,322organ organ, body
3,323täck pretty, beautiful
3,325städer towns
3,326back crate, back
3,327lina rope, wire
3,328parkering parking

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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