Swedish noun

en näring

nourishment, industry

Meaning

nourishment; industry

In Swedish: de ämnen som behövs för att någon el. något skall leva, föda

Forms

Forms of näring
Singular, indefiniteen näring
Singular, definitenäringen
Plural, indefinitenäringar
Plural, definitenäringarna

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

Practise näring

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Is it en näring or ett näring?

näring in a sentence

  • Plantan ökar upptaget av näring samt kan tillgodogöra sig solljuset bättre.
    The plant increases its nutrient uptake and can benefit better from sunlight.
  • I en fiskeby är fisket en viktig näring.
    In a fishing village, fishing is an important industry.

Expressions

  • ge näring åt ("ge bevis för, få att verka solklart") ett rykte
    nourish, give nourishment to, stimulate

Words built with näring

  • näringsrik nutritious, nutritional
  • näringsbrist malnutrition
  • näringspolitik economic (commercial) policy
  • näringsgren branch of industry (business)
  • näringsfrihet freedom of trade
  • turistnäring tourist industry

Questions

What does näring mean in English?

näring means “nourishment, industry”.

Is it en näring or ett näring?

It is en näring, and “the nourishment” is näringen.

What is the plural of näring?

The plural of näring is näringar, and the definite plural is näringarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish næring, from Middle Low German neringe, from neren + -inge, equivalent to nära + -ing.

Nearby common words

näring is number 6,563 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 6,559bark bark
  • 6,560biograf picture theatre, movie (theater (US))
  • 6,561klimat climate
  • 6,562krage collar
  • 6,564tillsätta add, appoint
  • 6,565utspela kataklysm, to be set, to play out, to take place (of a story that takes place somewhere)
  • 6,566tu two
  • 6,567uroxe aurochs, Bos primigenius (extinct European mammal), aurochs bull, ox
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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