Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en orm

snake/ˈʊrm/

Meaning

snake

In Swedish: kräldjur av ordningen Ophidia, reptil

Forms

Forms of orm
Singular, indefiniteen orm
Singular, definiteormen
Plural, indefiniteormar
Plural, definiteormarna

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

Practise orm

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Is it en orm or ett orm?

Words built with orm

  • huggorm viper, adder
  • ormbett snakebite

Questions

What does orm mean in English?

orm means “snake”.

Is it en orm or ett orm?

It is en orm, and “the snake” is ormen.

What is the plural of orm?

The plural of orm is ormar, and the definite plural is ormarna.

Nearby common words

orm is number 2,404 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