säd

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sad"

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sáð (“seed”), from Proto-Germanic *sēdiz.

Noun

säd c (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) grain (grass food crops, generically, as a "substance")

   säden vajade på fälten

   the grain swayed in the fields

   1. (Commonwealth English) corn
2. (uncountable) grain (harvested cereal grains)

   en säck säd

   a sack of grain

   mala säd till mjöl

   grind grain into flour

   1. seed, seeds
   2. (Commonwealth English) corn
3. (by extension, in compounds) seed (of a legume)
4. (uncountable, somewhat literary outside compounds) semen, seed

   Synonyms: sädesvätska, sperma, (slang) sarre, (slang) sagge

   Onan spillde sin säd på marken

   Onan spilled his seed on the ground

5. (dated, biblical) seed (descendants, progeny)

   Abrahams säd

   the seed of Abraham

Usage notes

• For referring to types of grain (cereals), see sädesslag.
• A grain in the countable sense is a (sädes)korn.
• The general word for seed is frö.

Declension

Declension of säd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	säd	säds
	definite	säden	sädens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• sädesfält
• sädeskorn
• sädesslag
• trindsäd

See also

• ax
• korn
• spermie (“sperm cell”)
• sats (“load”)
• spannmål
• utsäde (“seed for sowing”)

References

• säd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• säd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• säd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)