ett tåg
Meaning
train; procession
In Swedish: en rad sammankopplade järnvägsvagnar dragna av ett lok
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | ett tåg |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | tåget |
| Plural, indefinite | tåg |
| Plural, definite | tågen |
tåg is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort tåg, det stora tåget. Check another noun
Practise tåg
1 / 2Is it en tåg or ett tåg?
tåg in a sentence
- ett tåg med tio vagnara train with ten cars
- åka tåg till Stockholmgo by train to Stockholm
- demonstrationstågprotest march
- fälttågmilitary campaign ("field march")
- korstågcrusade ("cross march")
- plundringstågraid
Words built with tåg
- godståg goods train
- tågluffare interrailer
- demonstrationståg (procession of) demonstrators
Questions
What does tåg mean in English?
tåg means “train, procession”.
Is it en tåg or ett tåg?
It is ett tåg, and “the train” is tåget.
What is the plural of tåg?
tåg doesn't change in the plural: ett tåg, två tåg (definite: tågen).
Similar words
kortege
Where the course teaches it
- En or ett: Swedish noun genderComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish words ending in -itetComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The full set of Swedish possessivesComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Definite plural nouns in Swedish: bilarnaComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish travel vocabulary: train and planeComplete Swedish – Season 2
Origin
From Middle Low German toge, toch, from Old Saxon *tugi, from Proto-West Germanic *tugi.
Nearby common words
tåg is number 1,098 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 1,094röka smoke
- 1,095träff date, meeting
- 1,096väntad expected, anticipated, waited (for)
- 1,097misstänkt suspicious, shady
- 1,099någonstans somewhere, anywhere; in, at or to any place
- 1,100gäst guest
- 1,101presentera introduce
- 1,102fröken Miss
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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

