Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett slag

blow, kind, battle, category/slɑːɡ/

Meaning

blow; kind; battle; category; type; class; species; sort

In Swedish: sort, typ

Forms

Forms of slag
Singular, indefiniteett slag
Singular, definiteslaget
Plural, indefiniteslag
Plural, definiteslagen

slag is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort slag, det stora slaget. Check another noun

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slag in a sentence

  • ett slags internatskola
    a kind of boarding school
  • alla slags patienter
    all categories of patients
  • klockan slog tolv slag
    the clock struck twelve times
  • ett slag i ansiktet
    a slap in the face
  • slaget om Storbritannien
    the Battle of Britain
  • få slag
    have a fit
  • jag går ut ett slag
    I'm going out for a while
  • slaget vid Lützen
    the Battle of Lützen (1632)

Expressions

  • ett svårt slag
    a terrible blow
  • slag i slag
    in rapid succession

Words built with slag

Questions

What does slag mean in English?

slag means “blow, kind”.

Is it en slag or ett slag?

It is ett slag, and “the blow” is slaget.

What is the plural of slag?

slag doesn't change in the plural: ett slag, två slag (definite: slagen).

Similar words

drabbningklasskrigsorttypartdaskörfil

Origin

From Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz (“hit, blow”).

Nearby common words

slag is number 1,403 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