Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett blad

leaf, sheet, page, leaf, blade/¹blɑːd/

Meaning

leaf; sheet, page, leaf; blade

In Swedish: löv

Forms

Forms of blad
Singular, indefiniteett blad
Singular, definitebladet
Plural, indefiniteblad
Plural, definitebladen

blad is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort blad, det stora bladet. Check another noun

Practise blad

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Is it en blad or ett blad?

blad in a sentence

  • bland blommor och blad
    out in the country
  • han vände ett blad i boken
    he turned a page of the book
  • vända blad
    turn the page (also used figuratively)
  • läsa något i morgonbladet
    read something in the morning paper
  • Aftonbladet
    The Evening Paper (large daily tabloid newspaper)
  • knivens blad
    the blade of the knife
  • propellerblad
    propeller blades
  • bladguld
    gold leaf

Expressions

  • han är ett oskrivet blad
    he is an unknown quantity

Words built with blad

  • bladverk foliage
  • bladspenat spinach
  • knivblad blade of a knife
  • bladguld gold-leaf
  • bladsilver silver foil

Questions

What does blad mean in English?

blad means “leaf, sheet, page, leaf”.

Is it en blad or ett blad?

It is ett blad, and “the leaf” is bladet.

What is the plural of blad?

blad doesn't change in the plural: ett blad, två blad (definite: bladen).

Similar words

arksida

Origin

From Old Swedish blaþ, from Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.

Nearby common words

blad is number 3,881 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