Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en lax

salmon/laks/

Meaning

salmon

In Swedish: fisken Salmo salar

Forms

Forms of lax
Singular, indefinite	en lax
Singular, definite	laxen
Plural, indefinite	laxar
Plural, definite	laxarna

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

Practise lax

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Is it en lax or ett lax?

lax in a sentence

laxar som simmar uppströms
salmon swimming upstream
odla lax
farm salmon
Citronpeppar är gott till lax
Lemon pepper is good on salmon

Expressions

en glad lax
a lively spark

Questions

What does lax mean in English?

lax means “salmon”.

Is it en lax or ett lax?

It is en lax, and “the salmon” is laxen.

What is the plural of lax?

The plural of lax is laxar, and the definite plural is laxarna.

Similar words

tusen

Origin

From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.

Nearby common words

lax is number 4,424 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,420laglig legal
4,421februari February
4,422bura only used in bura in
4,423lämplig suitable, appropriate
4,425sög sucked
4,426hobby hobby
4,427liga gang, mob
4,428nödsituation Emergency

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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