grej.
a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English)
Meaning & usage
a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English)
Ölburkar och tvättmaskiner är två exempel på grejer.
Var vill du att jag lägger grejerna?
a thing (something that exists, as opposed to not)
Jag visste inte att det var en grej.
thing (subjective liking)
Atonal musik är inte min grej.
thing, deal (point)
Grejen är (den) att vi måste hitta kunder. Annars konkar vi.
thing, deal (appeal)
Jag fattar inte grejen med hans filmer. Varför är de så populära?
thing (central (distinguishing) thing, in some context)
Atonal schlager skulle bli vår grej, men de snodde vår idé.
Where this word comes from
From earlier greja (whence the alternative plural form grejor). Borrowed from Norwegian greie, (dialectal) greida (“arrangement, (pl.) tools”). Derived from Old Norse greiða (“to arrange, comb, pay, perform”). Cognate with Danish grej, Norwegian Bokmål greie, and Norwegian Nynorsk greie.
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