Noun

tum

inch

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Meaning

tum is the Swedish word for inch — a noun you meet early when building Swedish vocabulary. Learn it in context with the example below, hear the pronunciation, then lock it into memory by playing it in the free LearnSwedishFast arcade game.

Example

Jag har en stor tumme.

I have a big thumb.

Short, natural learner sentences—meant for memory, not dictionary citations.