med
med as a preposition
Meaning
with; for; about
In Swedish: under samverkan el. medverkan av
med as an adverb
Meaning
with; too
In Swedish: i samverkan
med as a noun(en med)
Meaning
runner
In Swedish: skena som en kälke etc glider på
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en med |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | meden |
| Plural, indefinite | medar |
| Plural, definite | medarna |
med is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor med, den stora meden. Check another noun
Practise med
1 / 1What does med mean?
med in a sentence
- pannkakor med syltpancakes and jam
- tala med sin fruspeak with one's wife
- skratta med hela ansiktetlaugh good-naturedly
- äta med kniv och gaffeleat with a knife and fork
- med våldwith violence
- vänta med betalningendelay payment
- han lyckas med alltinghe succeeds at everything
- sjunga medsing along
- ta med sigbring along
- åka medfollow along
Expressions
- med tidenwith time
- med undantag avwith the exception of
- vara med barnbe with child
- till och med (t o m)including
- med hänsyn tillwith regard to
- med mera (m m)et cetera (etc.)
Questions
What does med mean in English?
med means “with, for”.
Is it en med or ett med?
It is en med, and “the runner” is meden.
What is the plural of med?
The plural of med is medar, and the definite plural is medarna.
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish vocabulary for home, world, workComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish reflexive verbs: tvättar migComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Polite requests in Swedish with skulleComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Comparing things in Swedish with mer änComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Tycker om versus gillar in SwedishComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish prepositions: på and tillComplete Swedish – Season 1
Origin
From Old Swedish mæþ, from Old Norse með, from Proto-Germanic *midi.
Nearby common words
med is number 17 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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

