Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en tass

paw

Meaning

paw

In Swedish: mjuk fot hos vissa däggdjur

Forms

Forms of tass
Singular, indefiniteen tass
Singular, definitetassen
Plural, indefinitetassar
Plural, definitetassarna

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

Practise tass

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Is it en tass or ett tass?

tass in a sentence

  • (räcka) vacker tass
    give a paw
  • Den sov på verandan med huvudet mot tassarna och svansen i en graciös sväng runt benen.
    It slept on the porch with its head on its paws and the tail gracefully curled around the legs.
  • Bort med tassarna!
    Hands off! Paws off!
  • skaka tass
    shake hands/paw

Expressions

  • bort med tassarna ("bort med händerna")!
    get your paws off ("hands off") (me)!
  • skaka tass
    shake hands

Words built with tass

  • hartass rabbit's foot

Questions

What does tass mean in English?

tass means “paw”.

Is it en tass or ett tass?

It is en tass, and “the paw” is tassen.

What is the plural of tass?

The plural of tass is tassar, and the definite plural is tassarna.

Origin

Unknown.

Nearby common words

tass is number 4,445 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 4,441taktik tactic
  • 4,442bekänna confess, admit
  • 4,443tidsfråga a matter of time, a question of time.
  • 4,444utsvulten starving, famished (extremely or (often, through hyperbole) very hungry (due to not having eaten for a long time), sometimes figuratively)
  • 4,446typisk typical
  • 4,447ursprung origin
  • 4,448smeknamn an endearing nickname (e.g., a pet name)
  • 4,449förvirra confuse, bewilder
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