Bäddar

Bäddar is a Swedish term that serves as the plural form of bädd, with several related meanings centered on the concept of a bed or bed-like area. As a noun, bädd most commonly denotes a bed intended for sleeping. The plural bäddar can be used when referring to more than one bed in a room or building, though in everyday speech sängar is also common for beds in general.

In gardening and horticulture, bädd is used to mean a defined area of soil prepared for cultivation. A single bed might be called a växterbädd or grönsaksbädd, and multiple such areas are referred to as bäddar (for example, several flower beds or vegetable beds). These garden beds are typically bordered and managed as distinct units within a larger plot.

Bädda is the related verb meaning “to lay a bed for someone or something” or “to make the bed.” In present tense, the form bäddar appears in sentences such as hon bäddar sängen (she makes the bed) or han bäddar för gästerna (he lays the bed for the guests, in a figurative sense).

Usage notes and related terms: bäddning refers to making a bed, and bäddsoffa denotes a sofa bed. The word also appears in fixed compounds and regional phrasing where bädd carries its sense of a prepared, sleeping, or planted space.

Overall, bäddar connects concepts of sleeping spaces and defined planting zones, with the verb form more common in everyday action descriptions and the noun form prevalent in descriptions of beds or garden plots.