"grann" meaning in Swedish

See grann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sv-grann.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse grannr (“thin, slender”), with semantic shift "thin, fine" > "fine, pretty". Etymology templates: {{etymid|sv|pretty}}, {{inh|sv|non|grannr|t=thin, slender}} Old Norse grannr (“thin, slender”) Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|grannare|superlative|grannast||f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} grann (comparative grannare, superlative grannast), {{sv-adj}} grann (comparative grannare, superlative grannast) Forms: grannare [comparative], grannast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], grann [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], grannare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], grannast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], grant [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], grannare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], grannast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], granna [indefinite, plural, positive], grannare [comparative, indefinite, plural], grannast [indefinite, plural, superlative], granne [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], grannare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], grannast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], granne [definite, masculine, positive, singular], grannare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], grannaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], granna [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], grannare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], grannaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. pretty, fine, beautiful Related terms: grannlåt, granntyckt, granne, grannlaga, lite grann, noggrann
    Sense id: en-grann-sv-adj-Ql1rZuVF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sv-grann.ogg
Etymology: See the entry below. Etymology templates: {{etymid|sv|speck}} Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=n|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} grann n, {{sv-noun|n}} grann n
  1. a colloquial variant of grand (“a speck”), used in the adverb litegrann (“a bit”), also written lite grann and litet grand Tags: neuter Related terms: gull
    Sense id: en-grann-sv-noun-3-Dazcu2 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for grann meaning in Swedish (5.4kB)

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