en dag

dag in a sentence

• natt och dag
  night and day
• dagens rätt
  daily special
• härom dagen (dan)
  the other day
• för några dagar (dar) sedan
  a few days ago
• i dag (idag)
  today
• En vacker dag möts vi igen
  One day / someday ["beautiful day" – common for "one day" in the sense of "someday"] we'll meet again
• dagvatten
  stormwater, runoff [day water]
• dagöppning
  surface opening (to a mine) [day opening]

Expressions

• han är sin far upp i dagen
  he's the spitting image of his father
• komma i dagen
  be brought to light
• se dagens ljus
  see the light of day
• god dag!
  good day!
• en vacker dag
  some (fine) day
• inte på år och dag
  not for a year and a day

Words built with dag

• sommardag summer day
• temadag day (of study) based on a central theme
• dagstidning daily (newspaper)
• dagcenter dayroom; recreational centre
• dagsaktuell current

Questions

Where the course teaches it

• Swedish words for now, today, tomorrow
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Basic Swedish greetings and farewells
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• The Swedish continuous past: talade
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish words varje (every) and tillsammans (together)
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• Swedish word order when an adverb comes first
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• How Swedish compound words work
  Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

Etymology tree Old Norse dagr Old Swedish dagher Swedish dag Inherited from Old Swedish dagher, from Old Norse dagr.

Nearby common words

dag is number 104 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 100vänta wait, expect
• 101känna feel, know
• 102två two
• 103nån some, any
• 105tillbaka back(wards), back
• 106något some
• 107gjorde did
• 108över above, over