Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en gren

branch, field, area

Meaning

branch; field; area

In Swedish: grov kvist (på träd)

Forms

Forms of gren
Singular, indefiniteen gren
Singular, definitegrenen
Plural, indefinitegrenar
Plural, definitegrenarna

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

Practise gren

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Is it en gren or ett gren?

gren in a sentence

  • andra grenar av verksamheten
    other areas of the operation
  • Träd har grenar och kvistar
    Trees have branches and twigs
  • Det hänger ett äpple på grenen
    There is an apple hanging on the branch
  • Hon bröt av en gren från trädet
    She broke off a branch from the tree
  • grenuttag
    power strip ("branch outlet")
  • den finska grenen av familjen
    the Finnish branch of the family
  • Geometri är en gren av matematiken
    Geometry is a branch of mathematics
  • den norska grenen av organisationen
    the Norwegian branch of the organization

Words built with gren

  • trädgren tree branch
  • idrottsgren sport
  • vapengren branch of the service
  • vetenskapsgren branch of science

Questions

What does gren mean in English?

gren means “branch, field”.

Is it en gren or ett gren?

It is en gren, and “the branch” is grenen.

What is the plural of gren?

The plural of gren is grenar, and the definite plural is grenarna.

Origin

From Old Norse grein

Nearby common words

gren is number 4,683 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. Browse the dictionary