Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

sur

sour, acid, wet, sulky, surly/sʉːr/

Meaning

sour, acid; wet; sulky; surly

In Swedish: som innehåller syra, syrlig

Forms

Forms of sur
Basic formsurwith en-words
Neutersurtwith ett-words
Plural and definitesuraplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativesurare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativesurast“-est”, “most …”

Practise sur

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What does sur mean?

sur in a sentence

  • mjölken hade blivit sur
    the milk had gone (turned) sour
  • kläderna var alldeles sura efter promenaden i regnet
    our clothes were wet through after our walk in the rain
  • Vad är du sur för?
    Why are you sulking?
  • sura miner
    sulky expressions
  • sur mjölk
    sour milk
  • sur jord
    acidic soil
  • Det känns surt att vi förlorade
    It feels bad that we lost

Expressions

  • göra livet surt ("obehagligt") för någon
    make life unpleasant for sby

Words built with sur

  • surdeg sourdough, leaven
  • surkål sauerkraut

Questions

What does sur mean in English?

sur means “sour, acid, wet”.

Similar words

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Origin

From Old Swedish sūr, from Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.

Nearby common words

sur is number 1,908 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