Swedish noun · adjective · interjection· top 2,000 most common

en buss

coach, bus/bɵs/

buss as a noun(en buss)

Meaning

coach; bus

In Swedish: ett slags stor bil med plats för många människor

Forms

Forms of buss
Singular, indefiniteen buss
Singular, definitebussen
Plural, indefinitebussar
Plural, definitebussarna

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

buss as an adjective

Meaning

like an old friend

buss as an interjection

Meaning

command to a dog to attack: get, bite, catch

Practise buss

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Is it en buss or ett buss?

buss in a sentence

  • turisterna kom med buss
    the tourists arrived by coach
  • jag åker buss varje dag
    I go by bus every day
  • Kommer inte bussen snart?
    Doesn't the bus ever arrive?
  • han spottade ut bussen som han hade tuggat på
    he spat out the tobacco he'd been chewing
  • att vara buss med någon
    to be an old friend of someone
  • Buss på tjuven!
    Get the thief!

Words built with buss

  • busschaufför bus driver
  • skolbuss school bus

Questions

What does buss mean in English?

buss means “coach, bus”.

Is it en buss or ett buss?

It is en buss, and “the coach” is bussen.

What is the plural of buss?

The plural of buss is bussar, and the definite plural is bussarna.

Origin

Borrowed from English bus.

Nearby common words

buss is number 1,617 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