Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en bomb

bomb/bɔmb/

Meaning

bomb

In Swedish: sprängvapen som fälls från luften

Forms

Forms of bomb
Singular, indefinite	en bomb
Singular, definite	bomben
Plural, indefinite	bomber
Plural, definite	bomberna

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

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Is it en bomb or ett bomb?

bomb in a sentence

nyheten slog ner som en bomb
the news was a real bombshell
bombplan som fäller / släpper bomber
bombers [bomb planes] dropping bombs

Words built with bomb

bombplan bomber
atombomb atomic bomb

Questions

What does bomb mean in English?

bomb means “bomb”.

Is it en bomb or ett bomb?

It is en bomb, and “the bomb” is bomben.

What is the plural of bomb?

The plural of bomb is bomber, and the definite plural is bomberna.

Similar words

sprängladdning

Origin

From French bombe

Nearby common words

bomb is number 1,158 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,154röd red
1,155mörk dark, gloomy
1,156nyhet news
1,157baby a baby (very young human)
1,159inge no, nothing (spoken form of inget)
1,160blomma flower, blossom
1,161acceptera accept
1,162förstått understood

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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