Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en hand

hand/hand/

Meaning

hand

In Swedish: yttersta delen av en människas arm

Forms

Forms of hand
Singular, indefiniteen hand
Singular, definitehanden
Plural, indefinitehänder
Plural, definitehänderna

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

Practise hand

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Is it en hand or ett hand?

hand in a sentence

  • sy för hand
    sew by hand
  • gå hand i hand
    walk hand in hand
  • tvätta händerna
    wash one's hands
  • Han tjatade jämt om att hon måste tvätta händerna.
    He was always nagging her to wash her hands.
  • Hon fick en bra hand, och satsade högt.
    She was dealt a good hand, and placed a high bet.

Expressions

  • på egen hand
    by oneself
  • efter hand
    gradually, by degrees
  • ha till hands
    have at hand
  • i första hand
    in the first place, preferably
  • ta hand om
    take care of

Words built with hand

  • handbagage hand luggage

Questions

What does hand mean in English?

hand means “hand”.

Is it en hand or ett hand?

It is en hand, and “the hand” is handen.

What is the plural of hand?

The plural of hand is händer, and the definite plural is händerna.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.

Nearby common words

hand is number 187 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 183visst certainly, probably
  • 184dom pronunciation spelling of de, pronunciation spelling of dem
  • 185va huh? what? (a request that the speaker repeat their last statement, or an expression of disbelief); contraction of vad
  • 186stor large, big, great
  • 188jobba work
  • 189tala speak, make (deliver) a speech
  • 190tre three
  • 191gick went, walked
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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