Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en sås

sauceAlso the passive of så./ˈsoːs/

Meaning

sauce

In Swedish: en välsmakande vätska som serveras till mat

Forms

Forms of sås
Singular, indefiniteen sås
Singular, definitesåsen
Plural, indefinitesåser
Plural, definitesåserna

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

Practise sås

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Is it en sås or ett sås?

sås in a sentence

  • Nisse, kan du skicka såsen, är du snäll?
    Nisse, can you pass the sauce, please?
  • Bearnaise är såsernas konung
    Béarnaise is the king of sauces

Words built with sås

  • såskastrull sauce pot
  • vaniljsås custard
  • fisksås fish sauce
  • steksås meat sauce, gravy

Questions

What does sås mean in English?

sås means “sauce”.

Is it en sås or ett sås?

It is en sås, and “the sauce” is såsen.

What is the plural of sås?

The plural of sås is såser, and the definite plural is såserna.

Origin

Borrowed from French sauce.

Nearby common words

sås is number 4,158 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. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary