Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en tvål

soap

Meaning

soap

In Swedish: rengöringsmedel (oftast i fast form)

Forms

Forms of tvål
Singular, indefiniteen tvål
Singular, definitetvålen
Plural, indefinitetvålar
Plural, definitetvålarna

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Practise tvål

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tvål in a sentence

  • tvätta händerna med tvål och vatten
    wash one's hands with soap and water
  • arbeta upp ett lödder med tvålen
    work up a lather with the soap
  • flytande tvål
    liquid soap
  • Det ligger en tvål på handfatet
    There is a bar of soap on the sink
  • två tvålar
    two bars of soap

Questions

What does tvål mean in English?

tvål means “soap”.

Is it en tvål or ett tvål?

It is en tvål, and “the soap” is tvålen.

What is the plural of tvål?

The plural of tvål is tvålar, and the definite plural is tvålarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish thval (“soap”), from Old Norse þváll (“soap”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahlą (“bathing”).

Nearby common words

tvål is number 4,889 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 4,887café café, cafe, alternative spelling of kafé (“café, coffee shop”)
  • 4,888alias alias
  • 4,890uträtta perform
  • 4,891vrak wreck
  • 4,892erkänd acknowledged
  • 4,893nyfikenhet curiousity, curiosity
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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