en senap
Meaning
mustard
In Swedish: krydda från senapsväxtens frön (Sinapis alba och Brassica nigra)
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en senap |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | senapen |
senap is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor senap, den stora senapen. Check another noun
Practise senap
1 / 1Is it en senap or ett senap?
senap in a sentence
- senap och ketchupketchup and mustard ["senap och ketchup" feels more idiomatic than "mustard and ketchup" does in English, for some reason]
Words built with senap
- senapskorn mustard seed
Questions
What does senap mean in English?
senap means “mustard”.
Is it en senap or ett senap?
It is en senap, and “the mustard” is senapen.
Origin
From Old Swedish sinaper, sinapper, senaper, borrowed from Middle Low German senap, sennep, semp, from Proto-West Germanic *senap, from Latin sināpi.
Nearby common words
senap is number 6,682 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 6,683fåtal a few
- 6,684knäppskalle synonym of knäppgök
- 6,685brottas wrestle
- 6,686bokföring books: records of the accounts of a business, bookkeeping
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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