Swedish noun

en ås

ridge/oːs/

Meaning

ridge

In Swedish: höjdsträckning i naturen, bergsrygg

Forms

Forms of ås
Singular, indefiniteen ås
Singular, definiteåsen
Plural, indefiniteåsar
Plural, definiteåsarna

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

Practise ås

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Is it en ås or ett ås?

Words built with ås

  • bergsås mountain ridge
  • takås roof ridge

Questions

What does ås mean in English?

ås means “ridge”.

Is it en ås or ett ås?

It is en ås, and “the ridge” is åsen.

What is the plural of ås?

The plural of ås is åsar, and the definite plural is åsarna.

Origin

From Old Norse áss (“rocky ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *amsaz (“shoulder”).

Nearby common words

ås is number 9,905 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. Browse the dictionary