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jord in a sentence

• en tredjedel av jordens befolkning svälter
  a third of the Earth's population is starving
• åka jorden runt
  travel round the world
• sväva mellan himmel och jord
  be in seventh heaven
• odlad jord
  cultivated soil
• äga jord
  own land
• gräva i jorden
  work the land

Expressions

• stå med bägge fötterna på jorden
  have both feet firmly planted on the ground
• falla i god jord
  fall on fertile ground

Words built with jord

• jordklot the globe
• matjord topsoil
• sandjord sandy soil

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish iorþ, from Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-.

Nearby common words

jord is number 1,601 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 1,597klubb club
• 1,598semester vacation (US), holiday(s)
• 1,599född born
• 1,600dumpa dump
• 1,602upprepa repeat
• 1,603and (wild) duck
• 1,604levde lived
• 1,605källare cellar