Swedish noun

ett vete

wheat/²veːtɛ/

Meaning

wheat

In Swedish: sädesslaget Triticum vulgare

Forms

Forms of vete
Singular, indefinite	ett vete
Singular, definite	vetet

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

Practise vete

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Is it en vete or ett vete?

Words built with vete

vetemjöl wheat flour

Questions

What does vete mean in English?

vete means “wheat”.

Is it en vete or ett vete?

It is ett vete, and “the wheat” is vetet.

Origin

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).

Nearby common words

vete is number 6,637 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,633okänslig insensitive
6,634stressig stressful
6,635tillaga cook, to cook, to prepare (cook so as to make ready to eat)
6,636livsfarlig of lethal danger, life-threatening
6,638medföra bring, convey
6,639mekanisk mechanical
6,640pudding pudding, crème
6,641slödder rabble, mob

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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