Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett gräs

grass

Meaning

grass

In Swedish: växt av familjen Gramineae

Forms

Forms of gräs
Singular, indefiniteett gräs
Singular, definitegräset
Plural, indefinitegräs
Plural, definitegräsen

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

Practise gräs

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Is it en gräs or ett gräs?

gräs in a sentence

  • Han lade sig ner i gräset
    He lay down in the grass
  • spela på gräs
    play on grass
  • klippa gräset
    cut the grass
  • röka gräs
    smoke weed

Words built with gräs

Questions

What does gräs mean in English?

gräs means “grass”.

Is it en gräs or ett gräs?

It is ett gräs, and “the grass” is gräset.

What is the plural of gräs?

gräs doesn't change in the plural: ett gräs, två gräs (definite: gräsen).

Similar words

hasch

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish gräs (“grass”), from Old Norse gras (“grass”), from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“grow, become green”).

Nearby common words

gräs is number 1,722 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