Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett ide

hibernation, winter lair

Meaning

hibernation; winter lair

In Swedish: björnens sovplats under vintern

Forms

Forms of ide
Singular, indefinite	ett ide
Singular, definite	idet
Plural, indefinite	iden
Plural, definite	idena

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

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Is it en ide or ett ide?

ide in a sentence

gå i ide
go into hibernation
att gå i ide
to go into hibernation / hibernate
komma ut ur sitt ide / ur vinterdvalan
come out of hibernation

Words built with ide

vinteride hibernation

Questions

What does ide mean in English?

ide means “hibernation, winter lair”.

Is it en ide or ett ide?

It is ett ide, and “the hibernation” is idet.

What is the plural of ide?

The plural of ide is iden, and the definite plural is idena.

Origin

From Old Swedish hiþ (“a beaver's den”).

Nearby common words

ide is number 4,023 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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4,025friska healthy
4,026fastighet property, real estate
4,027omtänksam considerate

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary