Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

grön

green/ˈɡrøːn/

Meaning

green

In Swedish: färgad som färskt gräs

Forms

Forms of grön
Basic formgrönwith en-words
Neutergröntwith ett-words
Plural and definitegrönaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativegrönare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativegrönast“-est”, “most …”

Practise grön

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What does grön mean?

grön in a sentence

  • ung och grön
    young and green
  • Grön av avund (compare synonymous Icelandic grænn af öfund)
    Green with [of/from] envy

Expressions

  • det är grönt (ljus)
    it's okay
  • gröna vågen
    back-to-nature movement

Words built with grön

  • grönklädd dressed in green, green-clad
  • mörkgrön dark green

Questions

What does grön mean in English?

grön means “green”.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der.

Nearby common words

grön is number 1,484 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