glass
/ɡlas/common gender
Ice cream in Swedish is glass.
glass is the most common word for ice cream.
Meaning: dessert (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
To say 'the ice cream', you add the suffix -en to the word glass to form glassen. The plural form of glass is glassar.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡlas/
Did you know?
- The word glass is a homonym in Swedish. It is used for both 'ice cream' and the material 'glass' used to make windows and bottles.
- The word glass was borrowed from the French word glace.
- Swedish culture has a specific tradition called glassbil, which refers to the iconic ice cream truck that plays a distinct melody to alert children in the neighborhood.
Examples in context
- Jag vill äta glass.I want to eat ice cream.This sentence shows how to express a desire to eat glass.Tatoeba #3720667 by herrsilen, translation #1370839 by TuckingFypo
- Jag åt glass också.I ate ice cream too.This sentence is useful for saying you ate glass too.Tatoeba #7046174 by herrsilen, translation #7347831 by Eccles17
- Jag vill ha en glass.I want an ice cream.This sentence demonstrates how to ask for 'an ice cream' using glass.Tatoeba #4157263 by richke, translation #3825530 by CK
- Vilken sorts glass vill du ha?What flavor of ice cream would you like?
- 15 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Erik and Emma are walking in the city during summer.
- ErikSka vi köpa en glass?Shall we buy an ice cream?
- EmmaJa, det låter jättegott!Yes, that sounds delicious!
- ErikVilken glass vill du ha, Emma?Which ice cream do you want, Emma?
- EmmaJag vill ha en chokladglass.I want a chocolate ice cream.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “ice cream” translations and entries glass, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries glass, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
