träd

From Old Swedish trǣet, trǣt, later trǣdh, originally the definite form of trǣ (“tree, wood”), from Old Norse tré, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Doublet of trä. The form trædh, trädh was used still as the definite form in Old Swedish and in the Gustav Vasa Bible (1541), but by the early 18th century, it had split into the indefinite form meaning ”tree”, separate from trä (“wood”). Hence, the modern definite form is trädet, with the definite ending -et on top of the now fossilized remnant of definite form -d.

• IPA^(key): /trɛː(d)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛːd, -ɛː

träd n

1. (botany) a tree

   I en skog finns det många träd

   In a forest there are many trees

   klättra upp i ett träd

   climb a tree

   hugga ner ett träd

   cut down a tree

   Det sitter en fågel i trädet

   There is [sits] a bird in the tree

   Tallar och granar och björkar är träd

   Pines and spruces and birches are trees

   Trä kommer från träd

   Wood comes from trees

2. a tree (plant reminiscent of but strictly not a tree in the botanical sense)
3. (graph theory) a tree
4. (computing theory) a tree

• Since träd is sometimes pronounced /trɛː/ (without the final /d/), it is sometimes treated as a vowel final neuter word like spö (“rod”) with the definite singular trät, plural trän, definite plural träna, compare bröd.

• bark (“bark”)
• barr (“needle”)
• löv (“leaf”)
• skog (“forest”)
• stam (“trunk”)
• trä
• ved
• virke

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /trɛːd/
• Rhymes: -ɛːd

träd

1. imperative of träda

• träd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• träd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• träd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• träd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)