Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en grad

degree, rank, grade, extent

Meaning

degree; rank; grade; extent

In Swedish: ett mått på värme och kyla

Forms

Forms of grad
Singular, indefiniteen grad
Singular, definitegraden
Plural, indefinitegrader
Plural, definitegraderna

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

Practise grad

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Is it en grad or ett grad?

grad in a sentence

  • tio grader varmt
    ten degrees above zero
  • 70 graders vinkel
    an angle of seventy degrees
  • hög militär grad
    high military rank
  • i högsta grad
    in the highest degree
  • i hög grad
    highly
  • I vilken grad bör man fokusera på kebabsåsens krämighet?
    To what degree should you focus on the creaminess of the kebab sauce?
  • tredje gradens brännskador
    third degree burns
  • närkontakt av tredje graden
    close encounters of the third degree (idiomatic as opposed to "kind")

Words built with grad

  • köldgrad degree of frost, cold
  • breddgrad latitude
  • gradbeteckning badge of rank, insignia

Questions

What does grad mean in English?

grad means “degree, rank”.

Is it en grad or ett grad?

It is en grad, and “the degree” is graden.

What is the plural of grad?

The plural of grad is grader, and the definite plural is graderna.

Similar words

rangutsträckningradian

Origin

From Latin gradus

Nearby common words

grad is number 1,615 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