ton

This is the 945th most frequent Swedish word.


ton

"Ton" in Swedish means "tone" or "note" in English. It can also mean "a (metric) ton" as a unit of weight.


Describes the sound quality or character of the music.

Musiken hade en varm och mjuk ton.

The music had a warm and soft tone.


Refers to the emotional or expressive manner in his voice.

Han bar en ton av allvar i sin röst.

He carried a tone of seriousness in his voice.


Represents a unit of measurement equal to 1000 kilograms.

I gymmet lyfte hon en vikt på ett ton.

At the gym, she lifted a weight of one ton.