Swedish noun

en spis

fireplace, stove, cooker, spiritual nourishment/spiːs/

Meaning

fireplace; stove; cooker; spiritual nourishment

In Swedish: plats för öppen eld inomhus, eldstad

Forms

Forms of spis
Singular, indefiniteen spis
Singular, definitespisen
Plural, indefinitespisar
Plural, definitespisarna

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

Practise spis

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Is it en spis or ett spis?

spis in a sentence

  • öppen spis
    fireplace
  • elektrisk spis
    electric cooker (stove)
  • andlig spis
    spiritual nourishment
  • en öppen spis
    an open fireplace [as opposed to a closed one]
  • göra eld i spisen
    light the fireplace [or possibly stove, if of a wood-burning stove]
  • Smaklig spis!
    Bon appétit!

Words built with spis

  • gasspis gas cooker (stove)

Questions

What does spis mean in English?

spis means “fireplace, stove”.

Is it en spis or ett spis?

It is en spis, and “the fireplace” is spisen.

What is the plural of spis?

The plural of spis is spisar, and the definite plural is spisarna.

Nearby common words

spis is number 5,831 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