Swedish noun

ett plåster

Band-Aid (US), plaster

Meaning

Band-Aid (US); plaster

In Swedish: (självhäftande) skydd för sår

Forms

Forms of plåster
Singular, indefiniteett plåster
Singular, definiteplåstret
Plural, indefiniteplåster
Plural, definiteplåstren

plåster is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort plåster, det stora plåstret. Check another noun

Practise plåster

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Is it en plåster or ett plåster?

plåster in a sentence

  • sätta på ett plåster
    put on a plaster

Words built with plåster

  • häftplåster sticking plaster, adhesive plaster

Questions

What does plåster mean in English?

plåster means “Band-Aid (US), plaster”.

Is it en plåster or ett plåster?

It is ett plåster, and “the Band-Aid” is plåstret.

What is the plural of plåster?

plåster doesn't change in the plural: ett plåster, två plåster (definite: plåstren).

Origin

From Old Norse plástr, borrowed from Middle Low German plaster, plāster, from Old Saxon plāstar, from Proto-West Germanic *plastr.

Nearby common words

plåster is number 6,330 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. Browse the dictionary