Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en panna

pan, forehead, furnace, boiler/²panːa/

Meaning

pan; forehead; furnace; boiler

In Swedish: kokkärl; kastrull

Forms

Forms of panna
Singular, indefiniteen panna
Singular, definitepannan
Plural, indefinitepannor
Plural, definitepannorna

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

Practise panna

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Is it en panna or ett panna?

panna in a sentence

  • dra ner mössan i pannan
    pull one's cap down over one's forehead
  • elda i pannan
    light the furnace (boiler)
  • rynka pannan
    frown
  • lägga pannan i djupa veck
    furrow one's brow [idiomatic, when thinking hard]
  • helpanna
    whole bottle, fifth
  • halvpanna
    half bottle, pint

Words built with panna

  • kaffepanna coffee kettle
  • stekpanna frying pan
  • pannband headband
  • panncentral boiler room
  • värmepanna (central heating) furnace, boiler

Questions

What does panna mean in English?

panna means “pan, forehead”.

Is it en panna or ett panna?

It is en panna, and “the pan” is pannan.

What is the plural of panna?

The plural of panna is pannor, and the definite plural is pannorna.

Origin

From Old Norse panna, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ.

Nearby common words

panna is number 3,337 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