Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

ett spring

runAlso the imperative of springa.

Meaning

run

In Swedish: springande

Forms

Forms of spring
Singular, indefinite	ett spring
Singular, definite	springet

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

Practise spring

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Is it en spring or ett spring?

spring in a sentence

Det var ett väldigt spring i trappan!
There is (was) a lot of running on the stairs!
Barnen hade spring i benen
The children had lots of energy ("running in the legs")

Questions

What does spring mean in English?

spring means “run”.

Is it en spring or ett spring?

It is ett spring, and “the run” is springet.

Similar words

kuta

Nearby common words

spring is number 817 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

813inse understand, realize
814använd use
815hjärna brain
816vanlig ordinary, common
818tacka thank
819intressant interesting
820laga fix, repair
821lik like, alike

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary