Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en pool

a swimming pool/puːl/

Meaning

a swimming pool

Forms

Forms of pool
Singular, indefiniteen pool
Singular, definitepoolen
Plural, indefinitepooler
Plural, definitepoolerna

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

Practise pool

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Is it en pool or ett pool?

Questions

What does pool mean in English?

pool means “a swimming pool”.

Is it en pool or ett pool?

It is en pool, and “the a swimming pool” is poolen.

What is the plural of pool?

The plural of pool is pooler, and the definite plural is poolerna.

Origin

Since 1968; from English pool, related to Swedish pöl (“small water pool, usually on the road when it's raining”).

Nearby common words

pool is number 2,295 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