Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en källare

cellar/ˈɕɛlˌarɛ/

Meaning

cellar

In Swedish: del av ett hus som ligger lägre än markytan

Forms

Forms of källare
Singular, indefiniteen källare
Singular, definitekällaren
Plural, indefinitekällare
Plural, definitekällarna

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

Practise källare

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Is it en källare or ett källare?

Words built with källare

  • källarvåning basement
  • matkällare food cellar

Questions

What does källare mean in English?

källare means “cellar”.

Is it en källare or ett källare?

It is en källare, and “the cellar” is källaren.

What is the plural of källare?

källare doesn't change in the plural: en källare, två källare (definite: källarna).

Origin

Ultimately from Late Latin cellārium, probably through Middle Low German keller (and late Old Norse kellari).

Nearby common words

källare is number 1,605 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 1,601jord Earth, soil
  • 1,602upprepa repeat
  • 1,603and (wild) duck
  • 1,604levde lived
  • 1,606skydd defence, security
  • 1,607noga exactly, carefully
  • 1,608km kilometre
  • 1,609vems whose; genitive of vem
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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