Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett lås

lockAlso the imperative of låsa.

Meaning

lock

In Swedish: anordning att låsa med

Forms

Forms of lås
Singular, indefinite	ett lås
Singular, definite	låset
Plural, indefinite	lås
Plural, definite	låsen

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

Practise lås

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Is it en lås or ett lås?

lås in a sentence

sätta nyckeln i låset
put the key in the lock

Expressions

gå i lås
go without a hitch

Words built with lås

dörrlås door lock
låssmed locksmith

Questions

What does lås mean in English?

lås means “lock”.

Is it en lås or ett lås?

It is ett lås, and “the lock” is låset.

What is the plural of lås?

lås doesn't change in the plural: ett lås, två lås (definite: låsen).

Origin

From Old Norse láss, from Proto-Germanic *lamsaz.

Nearby common words

lås is number 1,625 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,621kontrakt contract, [rural] deanery
1,622faktum fact
1,623projekt project
1,624lagar laws
1,626översätta translate
1,627an used as a verb particle, similar to German preposition an (“at, in, on, to”)
1,628intresse interest
1,629flyttad moved, removed

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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