Swedish interjection· top 1,000 most common

grattis

congratulations/¹ɡratɪs/

Meaning

congratulations

In Swedish: gratulerar!

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What does grattis mean?

grattis in a sentence

grattis på födelsedagen
happy birthday
Grattis till segern.
Congratulations on your victory.
Grattis på födelsedagen!
Happy birthday!

Questions

What does grattis mean in English?

grattis means “congratulations”.

Origin

Attested from 1934.

Nearby common words

grattis is number 987 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

983slippa be let off, avoid
984henry henry (unit of inductance)
985minst least, at least
986skämta joke, jest
988mobil mobile
989ers your (only in address); a contraction of the archaic eders, being a genitive form of er
990bränna incinerate, burn
991underbart wonderfully

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary