Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

brun

brown/¹brʉːn/

Meaning

brown

In Swedish: som är färgad som choklad etc; solbränd

Forms

Forms of brun
Basic form	brun	with en-words
Neuter	brunt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	bruna	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	brunare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	brunast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does brun mean?

brun in a sentence

bli brun
tan
Fyra nyanser av brunt
Four Shades of Brown [a movie]
ett brunt parti
a fascist party

Questions

What does brun mean in English?

brun means “brown”.

Similar words

solbränd

Origin

From Old Swedish brūn, from Old Norse brúnn.

Nearby common words

brun is number 3,073 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,069kristen Christian
3,070bränd burned, burnt
3,071fuska cheat, do in a shoddy fashion
3,072specifik specific
3,074länder countries, nations
3,075slutföra bring (carry) to a conclusion, complete
3,076religiös religious
3,077kines Chinese

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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