Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en potatis

potato/pʊˈtɑːtɪs/

Meaning

potato

In Swedish: rotgrönsak av växten Solanum tuberosum

Forms

Forms of potatis
Singular, indefiniteen potatis
Singular, definitepotatisen
Plural, indefinitepotatisar
Plural, definitepotatisarna

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

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potatis in a sentence

  • bakad potatis
    baked potatoes
  • stekt potatis
    fried potatoes
  • kokt potatis
    boiled potatoes
  • Hur många potatisar åt du?
    How many potatoes did you eat?
  • Pommes frites görs av potatis
    French fries are made from potatoes [potato]
  • skala potatis
    peel potatoes
  • sätta potatis
    plant potatoes
  • skörda potatis
    harvest potatoes

Expressions

  • sätta sin sista potatis
    have had one's chips

Words built with potatis

  • potatisgratäng potatoes au gratin
  • potatismos creamed (mashed) potatoes
  • färskpotatis new potatoes
  • skalpotatis potatoes in their skins

Questions

What does potatis mean in English?

potatis means “potato”.

Is it en potatis or ett potatis?

It is en potatis, and “the potato” is potatisen.

What is the plural of potatis?

The plural of potatis is potatisar, and the definite plural is potatisarna.

Similar words

pärer

Origin

Borrowed from English potatoes, probably through an intermediate potates, from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

Nearby common words

potatis is number 3,573 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