Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en ras

breed, race, stock, landslip/rɑːs/

Meaning

breed; race; stock; landslip; avalanche; landslide

In Swedish: art (av djur el. växt); slag

Forms

Forms of ras
Singular, indefinite	en ras
Singular, definite	rasen
Plural, indefinite	raser
Plural, definite	raserna

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

Practise ras

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Is it en ras or ett ras?

ras in a sentence

den vita rasen
the white race
hundraser
dog breeds

Words built with ras

mjölkras dairy breed
rasdiskriminering racial discrimination
rasrisk avalanche zone

Questions

What does ras mean in English?

ras means “breed, race”.

Is it en ras or ett ras?

It is en ras, and “the breed” is rasen.

What is the plural of ras?

The plural of ras is raser, and the definite plural is raserna.

Similar words

stam

Origin

From Old Norse rás (“race”), from Proto-Germanic *rēsō.

Nearby common words

ras is number 2,864 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,860slump hazard, chance
2,861slakta kill, strip [down]
2,862spanska Spanish
2,863proffs pro
2,865väldig huge
2,866krypa creep, crawl
2,867stämning feeling, mood
2,868befälhavare a commander, a person being in command (on a ship, in the military)

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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