Swedish noun

en saft

juice, (fruit-)syrup, sap/saft/

Meaning

juice; (fruit-)syrup; sap

In Swedish: dryck framställd av bär el. frukt; vätska från frukt el. kött etc

Forms

Forms of saft
Singular, indefiniteen saft
Singular, definitesaften
Plural, indefinitesafter
Plural, definitesafterna

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

Practise saft

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Is it en saft or ett saft?

saft in a sentence

  • saften från en apelsin
    the juice of an orange
  • Pressa i saften från citronen
    Squeeze in the juice from the lemon
  • köttsaft
    meat juices
  • Barnen fick saft och tårta
    The children had cordial and cake
  • en tillbringare med saft
    a jug/pitcher of cordial/squash
  • Saft spä(d)s (ut) med vatten innan man dricker den
    Cordial is diluted with water before you drink it

Words built with saft

  • hallonsaft raspberry syrup
  • saftglas glass of juice

Questions

What does saft mean in English?

saft means “juice, (fruit-)syrup”.

Is it en saft or ett saft?

It is en saft, and “the juice” is saften.

What is the plural of saft?

The plural of saft is safter, and the definite plural is safterna.

Origin

From Middle High German Saft.

Nearby common words

saft is number 7,449 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