Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

trist

dismal, dreary

Meaning

dismal; dreary

In Swedish: glädjelös och ointressant

Forms

Forms of trist
Basic form	trist	with en-words
Neuter	trist	with ett-words
Plural and definite	trista	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	tristare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	tristast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does trist mean?

trist in a sentence

en trist föreläsning
a boring lecture
ett trist bostadsområde
a dreary housing area
Det var trist att höra att din kanin har dött
I’m sorry to hear that your bunny died

Questions

What does trist mean in English?

trist means “dismal, dreary”.

Similar words

tråkigttråkiglångtråkigglädjelös

Origin

Borrowed from French triste, from Latin tristis.

Nearby common words

trist is number 2,398 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,394komplicerad complicated
2,395roman novel
2,396pjäs piece (object), play
2,397tårta cake
2,399staten the state, the goverment
2,400snö snow
2,401ilska anger
2,402märklig strange, remarkable

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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