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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en ved

wood

Meaning

wood

In Swedish: trä att elda med

Forms

Forms of ved
Singular, indefiniteen ved
Singular, definiteveden

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

Practise ved

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Is it en ved or ett ved?

ved in a sentence

  • Jag ska ut och hämta ved i vedboden
    I'm going out to get firewood from the woodshed
  • knastrande ved
    crackling firewood

Words built with ved

  • björkved birchwood
  • vedspis wood(-burning) stove

Questions

What does ved mean in English?

ved means “wood”.

Is it en ved or ett ved?

It is en ved, and “the wood” is veden.

Origin

From Old Norse viðr, from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

Nearby common words

ved is number 4,690 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 4,686flugit flown
  • 4,687njutning enjoyment
  • 4,688opera opera
  • 4,689tomat tomato
  • 4,691fäst fast (firmly or securely fixed in place), attached to (fond of)
  • 4,692apotek chemist's, drugstore (US)
  • 4,693fysik constitution, physique
  • 4,694innanför inside, within
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