dröm

See also: drom and drøm

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse draumr, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

Cognate to English dream.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drœmː/
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Noun

dröm c

  1. a dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping)
    en konstig dröm
    a strange dream
    drömma en dröm medan man sover
    dream a dream while sleeping
  2. a dream (hope or wish)
    Jag har en dröm
    I have a dream
    en dröm som gått i uppfyllelse
    a dream come true
  3. a dream (something very nice)
    Det är som en dröm
    It's like a dream
    Du ser ut som en dröm!
    You look like dream! [unusual in Swedish as well, but natural-sounding]
  4. a type of cookie made with hartshorn salt
    Mormor bjöd på saft och drömmar
    Grandma gave us cordial and cookies

Declension

Declension of dröm
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dröm dröms
definite drömmen drömmens
plural indefinite drömmar drömmars
definite drömmarna drömmarnas

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