Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

blå

blue/bloː/

Meaning

blue

In Swedish: som har samma färg som himlen utan moln

Forms

Forms of blå
Basic formblåwith en-words
Neuterblåttwith ett-words
Plural and definiteblåplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativeblåare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativeblåast“-est”, “most …”

Practise blå

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What does blå mean?

blå in a sentence

  • blå(a) blåbär [see the declension table]
    blue blueberries

Expressions

  • slå blå dunster i ögonen (på någon)
    pull the wool over sby's eyes

Words built with blå

  • blågul blue and yellow
  • blåval blue whale
  • klarblå bright blue

Questions

What does blå mean in English?

blå means “blue”.

Similar words

borgerlig

Origin

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).

Nearby common words

blå is number 1,338 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