Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en gas

gas, fuel supply to an engine, accelerator, gas (US)/ɡɑːs/

Meaning

gas; fuel supply to an engine; accelerator; gas (US); gauze

In Swedish: luftliknande ämne

Forms

Forms of gas
Singular, indefiniteen gas
Singular, definitegasen
Plural, indefinitegaser
Plural, definitegaserna

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

Practise gas

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Is it en gas or ett gas?

gas in a sentence

  • giftiga gaser
    poisonous gases
  • elda med gas
    heat with gas
  • trampa gasen i botten
    step on it
  • trampa på gasen
    step on the gas
  • full gas
    full throttle
  • gasen i botten
    pedal to the metal

Words built with gas

  • gasspis gas range
  • stridsgas war gas
  • syrgas oxygen
  • gaspedal accelerator
  • gasbinda gauze bandage

Questions

What does gas mean in English?

gas means “gas, fuel supply to an engine”.

Is it en gas or ett gas?

It is en gas, and “the gas” is gasen.

What is the plural of gas?

The plural of gas is gaser, and the definite plural is gaserna.

Origin

From Dutch gas.

Nearby common words

gas is number 2,621 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