Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en dans

dance

Meaning

dance

In Swedish: rytmisk kroppsrörelse till musik

Forms

Forms of dans
Singular, indefiniteen dans
Singular, definitedansen
Plural, indefinitedanser
Plural, definitedanserna

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

Practise dans

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Is it en dans or ett dans?

Expressions

  • (det gick) som en dans
    (it went) like clockwork

Words built with dans

Questions

What does dans mean in English?

dans means “dance”.

Is it en dans or ett dans?

It is en dans, and “the dance” is dansen.

What is the plural of dans?

The plural of dans is danser, and the definite plural is danserna.

Nearby common words

dans is number 1,849 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