Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en vård

care, monument/voːrd/

Meaning

care; monument

In Swedish: skötsel, tillsyn

Forms

Forms of vård
Singular, indefiniteen vård
Singular, definitevården

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Is it en vård or ett vård?

vård in a sentence

  • medicinsk vård
    medical care
  • psykiatrisk vård
    psychiatric care
  • tandvård
    dental care / dentistry
  • få vård för något
    receive treatment for something
  • vård av barn
    caring for (sick) children (without necessarily any "treatment" as such – usually when home sick from school or the like)
  • brister inom vården
    healthcare shortcomings
  • vård av gamla hus
    caring for old houses
  • miljövård
    environmental care / environmental protection

Expressions

  • öppen vård
    non-institutional care
  • sluten vård
    institutional care

Words built with vård

  • barnavård child care
  • intensivvård intensive care
  • sjukvård nursing
  • tandvård dental care
  • vårdsektor health care sector
  • vårdplats bed (in a hospital or institution)
  • gravvård tomb(stone), sepulchral monument
  • minnesvård memorial

Questions

What does vård mean in English?

vård means “care, monument”.

Is it en vård or ett vård?

It is en vård, and “the care” is vården.

Origin

From Old Norse varða, from Proto-Germanic *wardō, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to perceive, give heed, be careful”).

Nearby common words

vård is number 3,725 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,721nationell national
  • 3,722repetera repeat, rehearse
  • 3,723ände end
  • 3,724dödsfall a death (of a person)
  • 3,726godta accept, approve (of), agree to
  • 3,727nja maybe, Used to give a hesitant or uncertain answer or (dis)agreement; neither yes nor no; both yes and no; "well …", leaning slightly towards the negative.
  • 3,728sektor sector
  • 3,729roligare funnier
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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