Swedish noun

en stab

staff/stɑːb/

Meaning

staff

In Swedish: samling medarbetare (till hög militär)

Forms

Forms of stab
Singular, indefiniteen stab
Singular, definitestaben
Plural, indefinitestaber
Plural, definitestaberna

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

Practise stab

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Is it en stab or ett stab?

Questions

What does stab mean in English?

stab means “staff”.

Is it en stab or ett stab?

It is en stab, and “the staff” is staben.

What is the plural of stab?

The plural of stab is staber, and the definite plural is staberna.

Similar words

personal

Origin

From German Stab.

Nearby common words

stab is number 5,625 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