Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en glass

ice cream/ɡlas/

Meaning

ice cream

In Swedish: maträtt av frysta mjölkprodukter o dyl

Forms

Forms of glass
Singular, indefiniteen glass
Singular, definiteglassen
Plural, indefiniteglassar
Plural, definiteglassarna

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

Practise glass

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Is it en glass or ett glass?

glass in a sentence

  • glass med varm chokladsås
    ice cream sundae
  • Vill du ha en glass?
    Would you like an ice cream?
  • äta glass till middag
    have ice cream for dinner

Words built with glass

  • glasspinne ice lolly
  • jordgubbsglass strawberry ice cream

Questions

What does glass mean in English?

glass means “ice cream”.

Is it en glass or ett glass?

It is en glass, and “the ice cream” is glassen.

What is the plural of glass?

The plural of glass is glassar, and the definite plural is glassarna.

Origin

Borrowed from French glace.

Nearby common words

glass is number 2,190 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