Swedish noun

en stråle

squirt, jet/stroːlɛ/

Meaning

squirt; jet

In Swedish: samlat, smalt utflöde (av vätska, ljus etc)

Forms

Forms of stråle
Singular, indefiniteen stråle
Singular, definitestrålen
Plural, indefinitestrålar
Plural, definitestrålarna

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

Practise stråle

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Is it en stråle or ett stråle?

Words built with stråle

  • strålbehandling radiation treatment
  • röntgenstråle x-ray
  • solstråle sunbeam
  • vattenstråle jet of water

Questions

What does stråle mean in English?

stråle means “squirt, jet”.

Is it en stråle or ett stråle?

It is en stråle, and “the squirt” is strålen.

What is the plural of stråle?

The plural of stråle is strålar, and the definite plural is strålarna.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German strâle, from Old Saxon strāla, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu (“beam”), also "arrow."

Nearby common words

stråle is number 5,407 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. Browse the dictionary