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en dörr

door

Meaning

door

In Swedish: ingång i en byggnad

Forms

Forms of dörr
Singular, indefiniteen dörr
Singular, definitedörren
Plural, indefinitedörrar
Plural, definitedörrarna

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

Practise dörr

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Is it en dörr or ett dörr?

dörr in a sentence

  • katten smet in genom dörren
    the cat slipped in through the door
  • hon stod i dörren och tog emot oss
    she stood in the doorway and received us
  • gå från dörr till dörr
    go door to door
  • Stäng dörren!
    Close the door!
  • bakom stängda dörrar
    behind closed doors
  • öppna/stänga en dörr
    open/close a door
  • en öppen/stängd dörr
    an open/closed door
  • ytterdörr
    front [outer] door

Expressions

  • hålla dörren öppen (för något)
    keep the door open (for sth.)
  • stå för dörren
    be right around the corner

Words built with dörr

  • dörrmatta doormat
  • dörröppning doorway
  • bildörr car door
  • bakdörr back door
  • ytterdörr outer door

Questions

What does dörr mean in English?

dörr means “door”.

Is it en dörr or ett dörr?

It is en dörr, and “the door” is dörren.

What is the plural of dörr?

The plural of dörr is dörrar, and the definite plural is dörrarna.

Similar words

port

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish dyr, from Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Nearby common words

dörr is number 364 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 360mede runner (device upon which something slides), rocker (device upon which something rocks)
  • 361lita rely on
  • 362dollar dollar
  • 363vapen weapon, arm (branch) of the defence forces
  • 365runt round
  • 366blivit became, was
  • 367kul fun
  • 368huvud head
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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