Swedish noun

en räls

rails

Meaning

rails

In Swedish: spår, skena (på järnväg etc)

Forms

Forms of räls
Singular, indefiniteen räls
Singular, definiterälsen
Plural, indefiniterälsar
Plural, definiterälsarna

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

Practise räls

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Is it en räls or ett räls?

räls in a sentence

  • tåget går på räls
    the train runs on rails

Words built with räls

  • järnvägsräls railway track
  • rälsbuss railbus, railcar

Questions

What does räls mean in English?

räls means “rails”.

Is it en räls or ett räls?

It is en räls, and “the rails” is rälsen.

What is the plural of räls?

The plural of räls is rälsar, and the definite plural is rälsarna.

Origin

Borrowed from English rails.

Nearby common words

räls is number 9,200 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. Browse the dictionary