Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett bröd

bread/brøː(d)/

Meaning

bread

In Swedish: mat av mjöl som bakas i ugn

Forms

Forms of bröd
Singular, indefiniteett bröd
Singular, definitebrödet
Plural, indefinitebröd
Plural, definitebröden

bröd is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort bröd, det stora brödet. Check another noun

Practise bröd

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Is it en bröd or ett bröd?

bröd in a sentence

  • han åt fyra skivor bröd om dagen
    he ate four slices of bread a day
  • vatten och bröd
    bread and water
  • hembakat bröd
    homemade [homebaked] bread
  • en limpa bröd / brödlimpa
    a loaf of bread
  • en brödskiva / skiva bröd
    a slice of bread
  • leva på vatten och bröd
    live on bread and water
  • Giv [dated, traditional – usually ge] oss idag vårt dagliga bröd
    Give us today our daily bread

Expressions

  • ta brödet ur munnen på någon
    take the bread out of sby's mouth

Words built with bröd

  • matbröd (plain) bread
  • knäckebröd crispbread
  • brödbit piece of bread

Questions

What does bröd mean in English?

bröd means “bread”.

Is it en bröd or ett bröd?

It is ett bröd, and “the bread” is brödet.

What is the plural of bröd?

bröd doesn't change in the plural: ett bröd, två bröd (definite: bröden).

Similar words

mackafralla

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Origin

From Old Swedish brø̄þ, from Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Nearby common words

bröd is number 2,009 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