Swedish noun· top 500 most common

ett år

year/ˈoːr/

Meaning

year

In Swedish: den tid det tar för jorden att gå runt solen (365 dagar); tiden från 1 januari till 31 december

Forms

Forms of år
Singular, indefiniteett år
Singular, definiteåret
Plural, indefiniteår
Plural, definiteåren

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

Practise år

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Is it en år or ett år?

år in a sentence

  • år 2000
    the year 2000
  • i år
    this year
  • jag är 24 år gammal
    I am 24 years old
  • under årens lopp
    over the years
  • året runt
    year-round
  • förra året
    last year
  • 1872 var ett bra år
    1872 was a good year
  • Vilket år är hon född? / Vilket år föddes hon?
    What year was she born?

Words built with år

  • budgetår budget year (period)
  • kalenderår calendar year
  • 10-årsåldern the age about 10 years
  • årsinkomst annual (yearly) income
  • tjänsteår year of service
  • studieår academic year
  • årsavgift annual (yearly) fee

Questions

What does år mean in English?

år means “year”.

Is it en år or ett år?

It is ett år, and “the year” is året.

What is the plural of år?

år doesn't change in the plural: ett år, två år (definite: åren).

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Origin

From Old Swedish ār, from Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-.

Nearby common words

år is number 112 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