Swedish noun

en boja

shackle, fetter

Meaning

shackle; fetter

In Swedish: fångkedja

Forms

Forms of boja
Singular, indefinite	en boja
Singular, definite	bojan
Plural, indefinite	bojor
Plural, definite	bojorna

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

Practise boja

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Is it en boja or ett boja?

Words built with boja

handbojor handcuffs

Questions

What does boja mean in English?

boja means “shackle, fetter”.

Is it en boja or ett boja?

It is en boja, and “the shackle” is bojan.

What is the plural of boja?

The plural of boja is bojor, and the definite plural is bojorna.

Similar words

tjuderbindslehandfängsel

Origin

From Old Swedish boia, from Middle Low German boie, from Old French buie, boie, from Latin boia (“neck-collar”).

Nearby common words

boja is number 6,586 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,582vägleda guide
6,583venedig venice
6,584nödfall emergency
6,585pump pump
6,587skipa administer
6,588egoistisk egoistic
6,589svärfar a father-in-law; the father of someone’s spouse
6,590styvfar a stepfather, a stepdad

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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