Swedish noun

en morot

carrot

Meaning

carrot

In Swedish: en gulröd rotfrukt

Forms

Forms of morot
Singular, indefiniteen morot
Singular, definitemoroten
Plural, indefinitemorötter
Plural, definitemorötterna

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

Practise morot

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Is it en morot or ett morot?

morot in a sentence

  • knapra på en morot
    nibble on a carrot
  • Kaniner gillar morötter
    Rabbits like carrots
  • morotsland
    carrot patch
  • piska och morot
    carrot and stick [whip] (idiomatic)

Questions

What does morot mean in English?

morot means “carrot”.

Is it en morot or ett morot?

It is en morot, and “the carrot” is moroten.

What is the plural of morot?

The plural of morot is morötter, and the definite plural is morötterna.

Origin

From Old Swedish mororot, moro rot, calque of Middle Low German morwortel (“carrot”), from more + wortel.

Nearby common words

morot is number 7,268 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 7,264desarmera to disarm, to defuse (a bomb or the like, or figuratively)
  • 7,265serienummer a serial number
  • 7,266barnunge a (small) child, someone immature, a baby
  • 7,267mjölka milk
  • 7,269gulliga cute
  • 7,270blanka blank, to polish, to make shining (blank), to shine shoes or other leather items; to groom (brush) animals
  • 7,271jordnötter peanut, peanuts
  • 7,272märkvärdig curious, quaint, strange
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