Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett ärr

scar

Meaning

scar

In Swedish: märke efter ett sår som läkts

Forms

Forms of ärr
Singular, indefinite	ett ärr
Singular, definite	ärret
Plural, indefinite	ärr
Plural, definite	ärren

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

Practise ärr

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Is it en ärr or ett ärr?

Words built with ärr

ärrbildning scar formation, cicatrization

Questions

What does ärr mean in English?

ärr means “scar”.

Is it en ärr or ett ärr?

It is ett ärr, and “the scar” is ärret.

What is the plural of ärr?

ärr doesn't change in the plural: ett ärr, två ärr (definite: ärren).

Origin

From Old Norse ørr, from Proto-Germanic *arwaz.

Nearby common words

ärr is number 2,832 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,827komplicera complicate
2,828britt Briton
2,829krossad shattered, crushed
2,830green a green, putting green (the closely mown area around a hole on a golf course)
2,833fysisk physical
2,834aktivitet activity
2,835tråd thread
2,836museum museum

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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