Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett syre

oxygen/ˈsyːˌrɛ/

Meaning

oxygen

In Swedish: ett gasformigt ämne som finns i luften och upptas vid andning

Forms

Forms of syre
Singular, indefinite	ett syre
Singular, definite	syret

syre is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort syre, det stora syret. Check another noun

Practise syre

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Is it en syre or ett syre?

Words built with syre

syreupptagning absorption of oxygen
syrgas oxygen

Questions

What does syre mean in English?

syre means “oxygen”.

Is it en syre or ett syre?

It is ett syre, and “the oxygen” is syret.

Origin

From sur (“sour”) and syrlig (“acidic”).

Nearby common words

syre is number 3,461 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,457därefter afterward, then
3,458psykopat psychopath
3,459gull baby, darling, someone dear and cute (gullig), someone to cuddle (gulla med)
3,460skåla drink to [sby's health], toast
3,462strypa choke, strangle
3,463repa scratch, score
3,464jasså alternative form of jaså
3,465rät straight, right angle

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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