Swedish noun

en spade

spade

Meaning

spade

In Swedish: redskap att gräva med

Forms

Forms of spade
Singular, indefiniteen spade
Singular, definitespaden
Plural, indefinitespadar
Plural, definitespadarna

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

Practise spade

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Is it en spade or ett spade?

spade in a sentence

  • sätta spaden i jorden
    put a spade to the soil
  • gräva en grop med en spade
    dig a hole with a shovel
  • stekspade
    spatula (for turning or lifting food)
  • tårtspade
    cake server, cake slice

Words built with spade

  • stekspade spatula
  • spadtag cut with a spade

Questions

What does spade mean in English?

spade means “spade”.

Is it en spade or ett spade?

It is en spade, and “the spade” is spaden.

What is the plural of spade?

The plural of spade is spadar, and the definite plural is spadarna.

Origin

From Old Norse spaði, from Middle Low German spade, from Proto-Germanic *spadô.

Nearby common words

spade is number 5,830 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 5,826alfa Alpha, alpha; the Greek letter Α, α
  • 5,827blockerad blocked
  • 5,828klicka misfire, divide into lumps
  • 5,829grundare Founder, a founder (someone who initiates something)
  • 5,831spis fireplace, stove
  • 5,832spö whip, twig
  • 5,833återuppstå resurrect, to rise from the dead, to resurrect
  • 5,834smittad infected
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