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Swedish noun

en rot

root/ruːt/

Meaning

root

In Swedish: den underjordiska delen av en växt

Forms

Forms of rot
Singular, indefiniteen rot
Singular, definiteroten
Plural, indefiniterötter
Plural, definiterötterna

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

Practise rot

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Is it en rot or ett rot?

rot in a sentence

  • äppelträdet slog rot
    the apple tree took root
  • roten till det onda
    the root of all evil
  • Kärleken till pengar är roten till allt ont.
    The love of money is the root of all evil.
  • Kubikroten ur 27 är 3.
    The cube root of 27 is 3.
  • Multiplicera med roten ur 2.
    Multiply by root 2.

Words built with rot

  • björkrot birch root

Questions

What does rot mean in English?

rot means “root”.

Is it en rot or ett rot?

It is en rot, and “the root” is roten.

What is the plural of rot?

The plural of rot is rötter, and the definite plural is rötterna.

Origin

From Old Swedish rōt, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Nearby common words

rot is number 6,327 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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