en sand
Meaning
sand
In Swedish: material av finmalt mineral
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en sand |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | sanden |
sand is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor sand, den stora sanden. Check another noun
Practise sand
1 / 1Is it en sand or ett sand?
sand in a sentence
- sand och stensand and stone
- I en öken finns det mycket sandIn a desert, there is a lot of sand
Expressions
- rinna ut i sandencome to nothing
Words built with sand
- grovsand coarse sand
- sandstrand sandy beach
Questions
What does sand mean in English?
sand means “sand”.
Is it en sand or ett sand?
It is en sand, and “the sand” is sanden.
Origin
From Old Swedish sander, from Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz.
Nearby common words
sand is number 2,783 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

