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gren.

a branch (on a tree or bush)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a branch (on a tree or bush)

    common-gender
    Träd har grenar och kvistar
    Det hänger ett äpple på grenen

  2. a branch (part that splits off like a branch, concretely or abstractly)

    common-gender
    grenuttag

  3. a branch (part that splits off like a branch, concretely or abstractly) a branch (line of family descent)

    common-gender
    den finska grenen av familjen

  4. a branch (subdivision)

    common-gender
    Geometri är en gren av matematiken
    den norska grenen av organisationen

  5. a branch (subdivision) an event, a discipline

    common-gender
    Längdhopp och tresteg är friidrottsgrenar

  6. a branch (subdivision) an event (one of several contests that combine to make up a competition – only put separately from the sense above since "discipline" sounds off here)

    common-gender
    I nästa gren ska de tävlande äta tio kanelbullar så snabbt de kan

  7. a crotch (area where the legs split from the torso, or the corresponding area on clothing)

    common-gender · definite · usually
    sparka någon i grenen
    Byxorna har hål i grenen
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse grein

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