Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en palm

palm

Meaning

palm

In Swedish: ett träd av familjen Palmae

Forms

Forms of palm
Singular, indefiniteen palm
Singular, definitepalmen
Plural, indefinitepalmer
Plural, definitepalmerna

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

Practise palm

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Is it en palm or ett palm?

Words built with palm

  • kokospalm coconut palm
  • palmblad palm leaf

Questions

What does palm mean in English?

palm means “palm”.

Is it en palm or ett palm?

It is en palm, and “the palm” is palmen.

What is the plural of palm?

The plural of palm is palmer, and the definite plural is palmerna.

Origin

From Old Swedish palmber, palma, from Old Norse palmi, from Latin palma.

Nearby common words

palm is number 2,247 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