en tråd

tråd in a sentence

• Alla dessa essäer har en röd tråd.
  All of these essays have a common thread.
• Jag har tappat tråden av vad du säger.
  I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.

Expressions

• hålla i trådarna
  be in charge
• den röda tråden
  the main thread

Words built with tråd

• sytråd thread
• ståltråd steel wire

Questions

Origin

From Old Norse þráðr (“thread”), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).

Nearby common words

tråd is number 2,835 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 2,830green a green, putting green (the closely mown area around a hole on a golf course)
• 2,832ärr scar
• 2,833fysisk physical
• 2,834aktivitet activity
• 2,836museum museum
• 2,837livstid age (whole duration of a being), a lifetime, Short for livstids fängelse (“life imprisonment”) (which is not commonly for life)
• 2,838road amused
• 2,839vinst prize, profit