Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

grå

grey, dreary, gloomy, dull/ɡroː/

Meaning

grey; dreary; gloomy; dull

In Swedish: färgad som aska

Forms

Forms of grå
Basic form	grå	with en-words
Neuter	grått	with ett-words
Plural and definite	grå	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	gråare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	gråast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does grå mean?

grå in a sentence

grå tinningar
greying at the temples
den grå vardagen
the daily round

Words built with grå

grafitgrå graphite grey

Questions

What does grå mean in English?

grå means “grey, dreary”.

Origin

From Old Norse grár, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Nearby common words

grå is number 3,285 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,281kärring old woman, wife
3,282minsann certainly
3,283insekt insect
3,284rysk Russian
3,286ubåt submarine
3,287my The Greek letter μ (mu)
3,288brydd perplexed
3,289utsökt exquisite

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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