Swedish noun

en sadel

saddle

Meaning

saddle

In Swedish: sits på häst el. cykel

Forms

Forms of sadel
Singular, indefinite	en sadel
Singular, definite	sadeln
Plural, indefinite	sadlar
Plural, definite	sadlarna

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

Practise sadel

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Is it en sadel or ett sadel?

Expressions

sitta säkert i sadeln
sit firmly in the saddle

Questions

What does sadel mean in English?

sadel means “saddle”.

Is it en sadel or ett sadel?

It is en sadel, and “the saddle” is sadeln.

What is the plural of sadel?

The plural of sadel is sadlar, and the definite plural is sadlarna.

Origin

From Old Norse sǫðull, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-tlō-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Nearby common words

sadel is number 6,063 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,059artilleri artillery
6,060förort suburb
6,061korsar crosses
6,062avguda idolize, adore
6,064fritid free time (time that can be spent on one's own activities rather than work)
6,065hormon hormone
6,066regemente regiment
6,067nobel noble (having honorable qualities)

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