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ren

clean, pure/reːn/

ren as an adjective

Meaning

clean; pure

In Swedish: inte smutsig, fläckfri

Forms

Forms of ren
Basic form	ren	with en-words
Neuter	rent	with ett-words
Plural and definite	rena	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	renare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	renast	“-est”, “most …”

ren as a noun(en ren)

Meaning

reindeer; verge

In Swedish: hjortdjur av släktet Rangifer som lever långt norrut

Forms

Forms of ren
Singular, indefinite	en ren
Singular, definite	renen
Plural, indefinite	renar
Plural, definite	renarna

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

ren as a pronoun

Meaning

pronunciation spelling of den

Practise ren

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What does ren mean?

ren in a sentence

rent vatten
pure water
en ren blus
a clean blouse
en ren tillfällighet
a sheer (pure) coincidence
ren spekulation
pure speculation
En tvättmaskin gör kläder rena
A washing machine makes clothes clean
Jag har städat stugan, så nu är det rent och fint där inne
I've cleaned the cabin, so now it's nice and clean in there
rent guld
pure gold
Mataren varje timme [Mata den varje timme]
Feed it every hour

Words built with ren

renlav reindeer moss (lichen)
vägren verge

Questions

What does ren mean in English?

ren means “clean, pure”.

Is it en ren or ett ren?

It is en ren, and “the reindeer” is renen.

What is the plural of ren?

The plural of ren is renar, and the definite plural is renarna.

Similar words

purobefläckadfläckfrihovdjur

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrainaz Old Norse hreinn Swedish ren Inherited from Old Norse hreinn n.

Nearby common words

ren is number 1,124 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,120bero depend, be due (owing) to
1,121rena clean
1,122ö island
1,123ingenstans anywhere, nowhere
1,125match game, match
1,126rosa pink, rose
1,127å pronunciation spelling of och (“and”)
1,128innebära involve, mean

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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