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Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

snabb

fast, speedy, prompt, rapid/snab/

Meaning

fast; speedy; prompt; rapid; quick; swift

In Swedish: som gör något på kort tid, kvick

Forms

Forms of snabb
Basic formsnabbwith en-words
Neutersnabbtwith ett-words
Plural and definitesnabbaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativesnabbare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativesnabbast“-est”, “most …”

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What does snabb mean?

snabb in a sentence

  • i snabb takt
    at a rapid pace
  • en snabb utveckling
    rapid progress
  • snabba fartyg
    high-speed vessels
  • snabbast möjligt
    as quickly as possible
  • så snabbt som möjligt
    as soon as possible
  • snabbkaffe
    instant coffee
  • snabbnudlar
    instant noodles

Words built with snabb

  • snabbkaffe instant coffee
  • snabbkurs intensive course

Questions

What does snabb mean in English?

snabb means “fast, speedy”.

Similar words

fortraskkvickhastigrapprasktskyndsam

Where the course teaches it

Origin

Byform of snapp (“snap”), to the verb snappa (“to snap”), with a multitude of senses around quick eratic movements, from Old Swedish snappa, to Old Norse *snapa.

Nearby common words

snabb is number 1,394 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 1,390taxi taxi
  • 1,391översättning translation
  • 1,392meddela let (sby) know, inform
  • 1,393kniv knife
  • 1,395sång song
  • 1,396lustig funny, amusing
  • 1,397dar days, contraction of dagar, indefinite plural of dag; sometimes written da'r
  • 1,398ihjäl to death, killed, dead
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