plusgrad
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]plus (“plus”) + grad (“degree”)
Noun
[edit]plusgrad c
- degree above freezing (0 °C)
- Synonym: värmegrad
- Antonym: minusgrad
- Det är plusgrader ute
- The temperature is above freezing outside
- Det är elva plusgrader ute
- It's 11 °C outside ("plus" usually redundant)
- Snart kommer plusgraderna
- Soon it'll be above freezing outside
- Det är någon plusgrad ute
- It's 1 °C or so / slightly above freezing outside
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | plusgrad | plusgrads |
| definite | plusgraden | plusgradens | |
| plural | indefinite | plusgrader | plusgraders |
| definite | plusgraderna | plusgradernas |