Swedish noun· top 500 most common

en väg

way/vɛːɡ/

Meaning

way

In Swedish: mark som man färdas på, gata; resa; avstånd, distans

Forms

Forms of väg
Singular, indefiniteen väg
Singular, definitevägen
Plural, indefinitevägar
Plural, definitevägarna

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

Practise väg

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Is it en väg or ett väg?

väg in a sentence

  • konflikten kan lösas på fredlig väg
    the conflict can be resolved in a peaceful way
  • Hur lång väg har du till arbetet?
    How far is it to your work?
  • tre timmars väg
    a three-hour journey
  • krokiga vägar
    windy roads
  • Den röda bilen körde på en väg
    The red car was driving on a road
  • En älg sprang över vägen
    A moose ran across the road
  • gå på fel sida av vägen
    walk on the wrong side of the road
  • Sväng vänster när vägen delar sig i två
    Turn left when the road splits into two

Expressions

  • stå/vara i vägen
    stand/be in the way
  • hitta vägen
    find the way
  • vart tog han vägen?
    where did he go?
  • politikerna är på väg att enas
    the politicians are on the way to agreeing

Words built with väg

  • landsväg main (country) road
  • motorväg motorway
  • vägkorsning crossroads, intersection
  • korsväg crossroads

Questions

What does väg mean in English?

väg means “way”.

Is it en väg or ett väg?

It is en väg, and “the way” is vägen.

What is the plural of väg?

The plural of väg is vägar, and the definite plural is vägarna.

Similar words

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Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish vægher, from Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Nearby common words

väg is number 193 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