Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en tur

trip, luck, turn

Meaning

trip; luck; turn

In Swedish: kort resa, utflykt

Forms

Forms of tur
Singular, indefiniteen tur
Singular, definiteturen
Plural, indefiniteturer
Plural, definiteturerna

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

Practise tur

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Is it en tur or ett tur?

tur in a sentence

  • båten gör två turer om dagen
    the boat makes two trips a day
  • tur i oturen
    a blessing in disguise
  • det var tur för henne
    she was lucky
  • en annan gång kommer turen till dig
    it will be your turn some other time
  • i tur och ordning
    in turn
  • stå i tur
    be one's turn
  • John tog en tur med bilen för att titta på hela stan innan han bestämde sig för att bosätta sig i just den stadsdelen.
    John took a tour in the car to look at the whole city before he decided to settle in that particular neighborhood.
  • De drog in de två sista turerna på söndagskvällarna eftersom ändå ingen åkte med bussen vid den tiden.
    They canceled the last two journeys on Sunday afternoons, as nobody took the bus at that time anyway.

Expressions

  • tur och retur
    round trip

Words built with tur

  • turlista timetable
  • rundtur sightseeing tour
  • tursam lucky
  • turordning priority

Questions

What does tur mean in English?

tur means “trip, luck”.

Is it en tur or ett tur?

It is en tur, and “the trip” is turen.

What is the plural of tur?

The plural of tur is turer, and the definite plural is turerna.

Similar words

trippvandringflyt

Origin

Borrowed from French tour, used in Swedish since 1639 in the sense of a journey, since 1679 in the sense of a sequence of events (to take turns), since 1809 in the sense of luck (events that luckily go your way).

Nearby common words

tur is number 381 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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