Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en drake

dragon, kite/ˈdrɑːˌkɛ/

Meaning

dragon; kite

In Swedish: sagodjur som sprutar eld

Forms

Forms of drake
Singular, indefiniteen drake
Singular, definitedraken
Plural, indefinitedrakar
Plural, definitedrakarna

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

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Is it en drake or ett drake?

drake in a sentence

  • flyga med drakar
    fly a kite
  • en eldsprutande drake
    a fire-breathing dragon
  • Draken sprutade eld på riddaren
    The dragon spewed ["sprayed" – idiomatic] fire on the knight
  • Riddaren dräpte draken
    The knight slew the dragon
  • Drakar och Demoner
    Dragons and Demons
  • Barnen flög drake
    The children flew kites [or a kite]
  • Barnen flög (med) drakar
    The children flew [(with)] kites
  • Nisse flög (med) en drake
    Nisse flew [(with)] a kite

Words built with drake

  • drakguld the dragon's gold
  • drakflygning kite flying

Questions

What does drake mean in English?

drake means “dragon, kite”.

Is it en drake or ett drake?

It is en drake, and “the dragon” is draken.

What is the plural of drake?

The plural of drake is drakar, and the definite plural is drakarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish draki, from Old East Norse *draki, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.

Nearby common words

drake is number 1,804 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