ett öga

öga in a sentence

• hon har bruna ögon
  she has brown eyes
• Han har ett öga för talanger.
  He has a good eye for talents.

Expressions

• jag har sett det med egna ögon
  I have seen it with my own eyes
• det ses inte med blida ögon
  it is frowned upon
• det var nära ögat
  that was a close thing
• kasta ett öga på ("hastigt läsa igenom") (ett förslag)
  take a quick look at ("read quickly through") (a proposal)
• hålla ett öga på ("se efter") (barnen)
  keep an eye on ("look after") (the children)
• med blotta ögat
  with the naked eye

Words built with öga

• nålsöga the eye of a needle
• kameraöga the camera's eye
• ögonhåla eye socket, orbit

Questions

Similar words

seende organ

Origin

From Old Swedish ø̄gha, from Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Nearby common words

öga is number 337 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 333tag grip, stroke
• 334fem five
• 335ensam lonely, alone
• 336tills until
• 338skriva write
• 339natt night
• 340nya new
• 341betala pay