Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

en grej

thing/ɡrɛj/

Meaning

thing

In Swedish: sak, pryl

Forms

Forms of grej
Singular, indefiniteen grej
Singular, definitegrejen
Plural, indefinitegrejer
Plural, definitegrejerna

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

Practise grej

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Is it en grej or ett grej?

grej in a sentence

  • Var har du lagt mina grejor?
    Where have you put my stuff?
  • Var vill du att jag lägger grejerna?
    Where do you want me to put the stuff?
  • Vad är det där för röd grej?
    What is that red thing?
  • De har en ny grej på gång
    They have a new thing they're working on
  • Det hände en konstig grej igår.
    A strange thing happened yesterday.
  • Jag visste inte att det var en grej.
    I didn't know it was a thing.
  • Atonal musik är inte min grej.
    Atonal music is not my thing.

Words built with grej

  • standardgrej standard issue, ordinary thing

Questions

What does grej mean in English?

grej means “thing”.

Is it en grej or ett grej?

It is en grej, and “the thing” is grejen.

What is the plural of grej?

The plural of grej is grejer, and the definite plural is grejerna.

Similar words

grunkasakprylpinaltingestmojängmanicksaker

Origin

From earlier greja (whence the alternative plural form grejor).

Nearby common words

grej is number 538 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