stor

stor in a sentence

• besvikelsen var stor
  it was a great disappointment
• när jag blir stor ska jag bli flygare
  I want to be a pilot when I grow up
• till stor del
  a good (great) deal
• i stor skala
  on a large (grand) scale
• i stor utsträckning
  to a great extent
• ett stort hus
  a large house
• en stor författare
  a great author
• Björnen var större än vanligt.
  The bear was larger than usual.

Expressions

• i stort sett
  by and large

Words built with stor

• storföretag large company
• storstad big city, large town
• stormakt great power

Questions

Similar words

pampigenormbiffblaffigmarkantrejälresligväldig

Where the course teaches it

• The Swedish relative pronoun som
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Få versus kan: permission in Swedish
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish verbs: ligga, stå, sitta
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• Swedish travel vocabulary: train and plane
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• Swedish verbs built from Greek-origin words
  Complete Swedish – Season 2
• Swedish vocabulary for household objects
  Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Swedish stōr, from Old Norse stórr (“big, large, tall, great”), from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāro-.

Nearby common words

stor is number 186 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 182våra our, ours, plural of vår
• 183visst certainly, probably
• 184dom pronunciation spelling of de, pronunciation spelling of dem
• 185va huh? what? (a request that the speaker repeat their last statement, or an expression of disbelief); contraction of vad
• 187hand hand
• 188jobba work
• 189tala speak, make (deliver) a speech
• 190tre three