Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett grand

a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant

Meaning

a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant

Forms

Forms of grand
Singular, indefiniteett grand
Singular, definitegrandet
Plural, indefinitegrand
Plural, definitegranden

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

Practise grand

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Is it en grand or ett grand?

grand in a sentence

  • Huru kommer det till, att du ser grandet i din broders öga, men icke bliver varse bjälken i ditt eget öga?
    And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? (Matthew 7:3)

Questions

What does grand mean in English?

grand means “a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant”.

Is it en grand or ett grand?

It is ett grand, and “the a mote” is grandet.

What is the plural of grand?

grand doesn't change in the plural: ett grand, två grand (definite: granden).

Origin

From Old Norse grand (“grain, particle, little bit”), from Proto-Germanic *grandą (“grain, speck”), a nominal formation related to *grindaną (“to grind”).

Nearby common words

grand is number 3,127 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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