Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett gräl

quarrel/ɡrɛːl/

Meaning

quarrel

In Swedish: starkt irriterad diskussion

Forms

Forms of gräl
Singular, indefinite	ett gräl
Singular, definite	grälet
Plural, indefinite	gräl
Plural, definite	grälen

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

Practise gräl

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Is it en gräl or ett gräl?

gräl in a sentence

mucka gräl
pick a quarrel

Words built with gräl

grälsjuk cantankerous, quarrelsome
familjegräl family tiff

Questions

What does gräl mean in English?

gräl means “quarrel”.

Is it en gräl or ett gräl?

It is ett gräl, and “the quarrel” is grälet.

What is the plural of gräl?

gräl doesn't change in the plural: ett gräl, två gräl (definite: grälen).

Similar words

dispyt

Origin

Deverbal from gräla.

Nearby common words

gräl is number 3,848 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,844perspektiv perspective
3,845flygande Flying
3,846nr no.
3,847bekväm comfortable; handy, convenient, lazy
3,849utbrott outbreak
3,850hinder obstacle, impediment
3,851undersökt examined, investigated
3,852bacon bacon

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