Swedish noun

en smed

smith/smeːd/

Meaning

smith

In Swedish: person som har till yrke att smida

Forms

Forms of smed
Singular, indefiniteen smed
Singular, definitesmeden
Plural, indefinitesmeder
Plural, definitesmederna

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

Practise smed

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Is it en smed or ett smed?

smed in a sentence

  • ordsmed
    wordsmith

Words built with smed

  • grovsmed blacksmith

Questions

What does smed mean in English?

smed means “smith”.

Is it en smed or ett smed?

It is en smed, and “the smith” is smeden.

What is the plural of smed?

The plural of smed is smeder, and the definite plural is smederna.

Origin

From Old Swedish smiþer, from Old Norse smiðr, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz.

Nearby common words

smed is number 8,327 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 8,323grillfest an (outdoor) party highlighted by grilled food; a barbecue, a cookout
  • 8,324gänga screw (on), thread
  • 8,325hydda cabin, hut
  • 8,326migrän migraine
  • 8,328urna urn
  • 8,329oroväckande worrying, worrisome, alarming
  • 8,330plasma plasma (high energy state of matter), ellipsis of blodplasma (“blood plasma”)
  • 8,331tågstation a train station
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