Swedish noun

en blues

blues

Meaning

blues

In Swedish: rytmisk, melankolisk musikform uppkommen bland svarta i USA

Forms

Forms of blues
Singular, indefiniteen blues
Singular, definitebluesen

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

Practise blues

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Is it en blues or ett blues?

Questions

What does blues mean in English?

blues means “blues”.

Is it en blues or ett blues?

It is en blues, and “the blues” is bluesen.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from English blues.

Nearby common words

blues is number 6,046 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 6,042mordrotel a police division dealing with cases of homicide; a homicide unit, homicide, etc.
  • 6,043droppa drip, add drops
  • 6,044oförskämt rude, impertinent
  • 6,045osannolikt unlikely, improbably
  • 6,047frisör barber, hairdresser
  • 6,048givakt attention
  • 6,049bevakad watched, guarded, to be signalized; to have traffic light or police officer (that controlls traffic flow)
  • 6,050slagits fought
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary