Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett rån

wafer, robberyAlso the definite form of rå./roːn/

Meaning

wafer; robbery

In Swedish: tunt bakverk pressat i mönster

Forms

Forms of rån
Singular, indefinite	ett rån
Singular, definite	rånet
Plural, indefinite	rån
Plural, definite	rånen

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

Practise rån

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Is it en rån or ett rån?

rån in a sentence

Upp med händerna, det här är ett rån
Hands up, this is a robbery

Words built with rån

rånmord murder with robbery

Questions

What does rån mean in English?

rån means “wafer, robbery”.

Is it en rån or ett rån?

It is ett rån, and “the wafer” is rånet.

What is the plural of rån?

rån doesn't change in the plural: ett rån, två rån (definite: rånen).

Origin

From Old Norse rán.

Nearby common words

rån is number 2,151 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,147sjunka go down, sink
2,148tråkig boring
2,149hejdå alternative form of hej då (“bye”)
2,150brottsplats Crime scene, crime scene
2,152stilig stylish
2,153skalle head, cranium
2,154samvete conscience
2,155längst longest, tallest, furthest

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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