Swedish noun

en hare

hare

Meaning

hare

In Swedish: en gnagare av släktet Lepus

Forms

Forms of hare
Singular, indefiniteen hare
Singular, definiteharen
Plural, indefiniteharar
Plural, definitehararna

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

Practise hare

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Is it en hare or ett hare?

hare in a sentence

  • jaga hare
    hunt hares

Words built with hare

  • harspår hare tracks

Questions

What does hare mean in English?

hare means “hare”.

Is it en hare or ett hare?

It is en hare, and “the hare” is haren.

What is the plural of hare?

The plural of hare is harar, and the definite plural is hararna.

Origin

From Old Swedish hari, hæri, from Old Norse *hari, heri, from Proto-Germanic *hesô.

Nearby common words

hare is number 6,220 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