ett får
Meaning
sheep
In Swedish: ullhårigt gräsätande djur av släktet Ovis
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | ett får |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | fåret |
| Plural, indefinite | får |
| Plural, definite | fåren |
får is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort får, det stora fåret. Check another noun
Practise får
1 / 2Is 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 fårbleating sheep
- klippa ett fårshear a sheep
- fårklippningsheepshearing
- – 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 kålfårikål ["mutton in cabbage" – a Norwegian dish]
- fårrättermutton dishes
Expressions
- svart fårblack 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.
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