Swedish adjective · noun· top 2,000 most common
grann
brilliant, fine, grand
grann as an adjective
Meaning
brilliant; fine; grand
In Swedish: vacker, snygg
Forms
| Basic form | grann | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | grant | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | granna | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | grannare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | grannast | “-est”, “most …” |
grann as a noun
Meaning
little
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grann in a sentence
- Se så grann vår julgran är. Det är den grannaste julgranen i stan.Look how pretty our Christmas tree is. It is the prettiest Christmas tree in town.
Expressions
- (jag fryser) lite grannI'm a bit chilled
Questions
What does grann mean in English?
grann means “brilliant, fine”.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Norse grannr (“thin, slender”), with semantic shift "thin, fine" > "fine, pretty".
Nearby common words
grann is number 1,728 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