Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett tåg

train, procession/toːɡ/

Meaning

train; procession

In Swedish: en rad sammankopplade järnvägsvagnar dragna av ett lok

Forms

Forms of tåg
Singular, indefiniteett tåg
Singular, definitetåget
Plural, indefinitetåg
Plural, definitetågen

tåg is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort tåg, det stora tåget. Check another noun

Practise tåg

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Is it en tåg or ett tåg?

tåg in a sentence

  • ett tåg med tio vagnar
    a train with ten cars
  • åka tåg till Stockholm
    go by train to Stockholm
  • demonstrationståg
    protest march
  • fälttåg
    military campaign ("field march")
  • korståg
    crusade ("cross march")
  • plundringståg
    raid

Words built with tåg

  • godståg goods train
  • tågluffare interrailer
  • demonstrationståg (procession of) demonstrators

Questions

What does tåg mean in English?

tåg means “train, procession”.

Is it en tåg or ett tåg?

It is ett tåg, and “the train” is tåget.

What is the plural of tåg?

tåg doesn't change in the plural: ett tåg, två tåg (definite: tågen).

Similar words

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Origin

From Middle Low German toge, toch, from Old Saxon *tugi, from Proto-West Germanic *tugi.

Nearby common words

tåg is number 1,098 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