Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en tand

tooth/ˈtand/

Meaning

tooth

In Swedish: hård, vit bildning i munnen med uppgift att sönderdela mat

Forms

Forms of tand
Singular, indefiniteen tand
Singular, definitetanden
Plural, indefinitetänder
Plural, definitetänderna

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

Practise tand

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Is it en tand or ett tand?

tand in a sentence

  • dra ut en tand
    pull a tooth
  • Har du borstat tänderna?
    Have you brushed your teeth?
  • hål i tänderna
    tooth cavities

Expressions

  • visa tänderna
    bare one's teeth
  • få blodad tand
    whet one's appetite for

Words built with tand

  • mjölktand milk tooth
  • guldtand gold tooth
  • sågtand sawtooth

Questions

What does tand mean in English?

tand means “tooth”.

Is it en tand or ett tand?

It is en tand, and “the tooth” is tanden.

What is the plural of tand?

The plural of tand is tänder, and the definite plural is tänderna.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish tan, from Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Nearby common words

tand is number 1,989 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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