Swedish noun· top 100 most common

ett får

sheepAlso the present tense of få./foːr/

Meaning

sheep

In Swedish: ullhårigt gräsätande djur av släktet Ovis

Forms

Forms of får
Singular, indefiniteett får
Singular, definitefåret
Plural, indefinitefår
Plural, definitefåren

får is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort får, det stora fåret. Check another noun

Practise får

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Is it en får or ett får?

får in a sentence

  • “Vad säger fåret?” – “Fåret säger bä!”
    “What does the sheep say?” – “The sheep says baa!”
  • bräkande får
    bleating sheep
  • klippa ett får
    shear a sheep
  • fårklippning
    sheepshearing
  • – Far, får får får? – Nej, får får inte får. Får får lamm.
    [simile translation] — Sheen, ship sheep sheep? — Nay, sheep ship not sheep. Sheep ship sheeplings. [ordinary translation] — Father, do sheep have sheep? – No, sheep don't have sheep. Sheep have lambs. [a well-known Swedish wordplay]
  • får i kål
    fårikål ["mutton in cabbage" – a Norwegian dish]
  • fårrätter
    mutton dishes

Expressions

  • svart får
    black sheep

Words built with får

  • fåraherde shepherd
  • fårull sheep's wool
  • pälsfår wool sheep

Questions

What does får mean in English?

får means “sheep”.

Is it en får or ett får?

It is ett får, and “the sheep” is fåret.

What is the plural of får?

får doesn't change in the plural: ett får, två får (definite: fåren).

Similar words

tillåts

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish fār, from (eastern) Old Norse *fāʀ (Old West Norse fær), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póḱos.

Nearby common words

får is number 60 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 56säga to say, to tell
  • 57oss us
  • 58man man, person
  • 59bli become, get
  • 61er you, your
  • 62ut out, all over
  • 63dem them, them; accusative/dative of de
  • 64okej okay, all right
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