Swedish noun

en säd

seed, grain, corn

Meaning

seed; grain; corn

In Swedish: (korn av) sädesslag, spannmål

Forms

Forms of säd
Singular, indefiniteen säd
Singular, definitesäden

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

Practise säd

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Is it en säd or ett säd?

säd in a sentence

  • säden vajade på fälten
    the grain swayed in the fields
  • en säck säd
    a sack of grain
  • mala säd till mjöl
    grind grain into flour
  • Abrahams säd
    the seed of Abraham

Words built with säd

  • sädesslag kind of corn
  • höstsäd autumn-sown grain (corn)
  • brödsäd cereals, corn, grain
  • sädesledare spermatic duct

Questions

What does säd mean in English?

säd means “seed, grain”.

Is it en säd or ett säd?

It is en säd, and “the seed” is säden.

Similar words

mjölke

Origin

From Old Norse sáð (“seed”), from Proto-Germanic *sēdiz.

Nearby common words

säd is number 7,584 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