Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en stress

stress

Meaning

stress

In Swedish: (sjukdom orsakad av) fysiska och psykiska påfrestningar

Forms

Forms of stress
Singular, indefinite	en stress
Singular, definite	stressen

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

Practise stress

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Is it en stress or ett stress?

stress in a sentence

känna stress
feel stress

Words built with stress

stresssymptom symptoms of stress

Questions

What does stress mean in English?

stress means “stress”.

Is it en stress or ett stress?

It is en stress, and “the stress” is stressen.

Similar words

jäkt

Origin

Borrowed from English stress.

Nearby common words

stress is number 3,527 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,523lystring listen up, pay attention, attention
3,524uppfatta understand, catch
3,525uppfattning understanding, opinion
3,526bidra contribute, make a contribution to
3,528galax galaxy
3,529baserad based
3,530rutin routine, experience
3,531medalj medal

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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