Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett hav

sea, oceanAlso the imperative of ha./hɑːv/

Meaning

sea; ocean

In Swedish: det sammanhängande vatten som omger jordens fastland, ocean

Forms

Forms of hav
Singular, indefiniteett hav
Singular, definitehavet
Plural, indefinitehav
Plural, definitehaven

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

Practise hav

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Is it en hav or ett hav?

hav in a sentence

  • 100 m över havet
    100 metres above sea level
  • mellan himmel och hav
    between heaven and earth
  • segla på havet
    sail on the sea
  • I ett hav finns det mycket vatten
    In an ocean, there is a lot of water

Words built with hav

  • folkhav huge crowd of people
  • havskryssare cruising yacht
  • innanhav inland sea
  • polarhav polar ocean

Questions

What does hav mean in English?

hav means “sea, ocean”.

Is it en hav or ett hav?

It is ett hav, and “the sea” is havet.

What is the plural of hav?

hav doesn't change in the plural: ett hav, två hav (definite: haven).

Origin

From Old Swedish haf, from Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.

Nearby common words

hav is number 1,013 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