Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

ett öl

beer/øːl/

Meaning

beer

In Swedish: alkoholdryck som görs av malt, humle och vatten

Practise öl

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Is it en öl or ett öl?

Questions

What does öl mean in English?

öl means “beer”.

Is it en öl or ett öl?

It is ett öl.

Similar words

birabärspilsner

Origin

From Old Swedish öl, from Old Norse ǫl (“ale, beer”), from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“beer”), or *h₂elu- (“bitter”).

Nearby common words

öl is number 934 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