Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en feber

fever, temperature

Meaning

fever; temperature

In Swedish: hög temperatur i kroppen

Forms

Forms of feber
Singular, indefiniteen feber
Singular, definitefebern
Plural, indefinitefebrar
Plural, definitefebrarna

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

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feber in a sentence

  • 39 graders feber
    a temperature of 39+grad+C
  • I Afrika väntade ett liv fyllt av strapatser och febrar
    In Africa, a life filled with hardship and fevers awaited

Words built with feber

  • guldfeber gold fever
  • febernedsättande ...that reduce(s) fever
  • feberfri free from fever
  • resfeber nervousness before a journey

Questions

What does feber mean in English?

feber means “fever, temperature”.

Is it en feber or ett feber?

It is en feber, and “the fever” is febern.

What is the plural of feber?

The plural of feber is febrar, and the definite plural is febrarna.

Origin

From Latin febris (“fever”).

Nearby common words

feber is number 2,754 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