ängen

Ången is the definite form of the Swedish noun ång, which denotes steam or vapor. In modern Swedish, ång refers to the gaseous phase of water produced when water is heated, and it also covers vapors produced in various industrial and cooking processes. The term is common in engineering, heating, and everyday language when describing moisture or energy transfer involving steam.

The definite form ången is used when the steam is identified as a specific thing or when the context makes clear which steam is being discussed. It appears in technical descriptions and everyday narration, for example in discussions of equipment or processes where the steam from a boiler or a turbine is implied: the ången in the system. Swedish has many compound terms built from ång, such as ångpanna (steam boiler), ångmaskin (steam engine), and ångkraft (steam power).

In cooking, the verb ånga is used to describe steaming food, as in grönsakerna ångas (the vegetables are steamed). The noun ång and the related verb ånga form part of a broader vocabulary around heat, moisture, and energy transfer in both domestic and industrial contexts.

Etymology and usage notes: ång is a native Swedish noun with a long linguistic history, and adding the definite suffix -en yields ången. The form is widely used in scientific, historical, and technical texts to refer to steam as a substance or energy carrier.