Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en gråt

crying, tearsAlso the imperative of gråta./ɡroːt/

Meaning

crying; tears

In Swedish: tårar, gråtande

Forms

Forms of gråt
Singular, indefinite	en gråt
Singular, definite	gråten

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

Practise gråt

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Is it en gråt or ett gråt?

gråt in a sentence

falla i gråt
burst into tears

Questions

What does gråt mean in English?

gråt means “crying, tears”.

Is it en gråt or ett gråt?

It is en gråt, and “the crying” is gråten.

Origin

From Old Norse grátr.

Nearby common words

gråt is number 3,037 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,033genomföra carry out
3,034kommunicera communicate
3,035släng swerve, jerk
3,036viska whisper
3,038kock cook, chef
3,039mur wall
3,040avundsjuk jealous (bitterly or enviously competitive), envious
3,041instinkt instinct

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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