Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common
grön
green/ˈɡrøːn/
Meaning
green
In Swedish: färgad som färskt gräs
Forms
| Basic form | grön | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | grönt | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | gröna | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | grönare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | grönast | “-est”, “most …” |
Practise grön
1 / 1What does grön mean?
grön in a sentence
- ung och grönyoung and green
- Grön av avund (compare synonymous Icelandic grænn af öfund)Green with [of/from] envy
Expressions
- det är grönt (ljus)it's okay
- gröna vågenback-to-nature movement
Words built with grön
- grönklädd dressed in green, green-clad
- mörkgrön dark green
Questions
What does grön mean in English?
grön means “green”.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der.
Nearby common words
grön is number 1,484 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

