Swedish/Vocabulary

How to use this vocabulary All the conjugation forms of verbs, nouns and adjectives have been given here. If the ending of the word has been, at some point, divided with a slash (/), it means that the ending has to be attached to the word by dropping the following letter(s) separated by the slash from the rest of the word. E.g. en abborr/e, -en, -ar, -arna should become en abborre, abborren, abborrar, abborrarna. Notice how the "e" in abborre is dropped, leaving the stem "abborr", to which the endings -en, -ar or -arna are attached. If there is no dividing slash at some point in the end of a noun or a verb, the ending is directly attached to the word. E.g. en arm, -en, -ar, -arna becomes en arm, armen, armar, armarna. Also notice that en and ett are both articles and are dealt with in the grammar section. A abborr/e, -en, -ar, -arna (/abore/) -- n. perch absolut -- n. absolute, definite affär, -en, -er, -erna -- n. business, shop, store afton, -en -- n. evening akta, -de, -t -- v. be careful with, take care of alla -- pron. all, everyone allihop -- pron. all of us allmos/a, -an, -or, -orna (/almu:sa/) -- n. alms allt -- pron. all, everything alltid -- adv. always alm, -en, -ar, -arna (/alm/) -- n. elm annan -- pron. other, another one ansikte, -t, -n, -na (/ansikte/) -- n. face använda -- v. use, employ ap/a, -n, -or, -orna -- monkey arbet/a, -ar, -ade, -at (/arbe:eta/) -- v. work arbete, -t, -n, -na (/arbe:ete/) -- n. work arg (/arj/) -- adj. angry arm, -en, -ar, -arna (/arm/) -- n. arm ask, -en, -ar, -arna (/ask/) -- n. ash (living tree) aska, -n (/aska/) -- n. ash (burnt tree) askkopp, -en, -ar, -arna (/askop/) -- n. ashtray asp, -en, -ar, -arna (/asp/) -- n. aspen B bad/a, -ar, -ade, -at -- bath v. ett badkar, -et, badkar, -en -- bathtub bak/a, -ar, -ade, -at -- bake v. en balj/a, -an, -or, -orna -- tub, bowl bandspelar/e, -(e)n -- tape recorder en bank, -en, -er, -erna -- bank en bankomat, -en, -er, -erna -- ATM (one of two brands in Sweden) ett barn, -et, barn, -en -- child ett ben, -et, ben, -en -- leg; bone berg, -et, berg, -en -- mountain en berg-och-dalban/a, -an, -or, -orna -- rollercoaster en bil, -en, -ar, -arna (short for automobil) -- car en bild, -en, -er, -erna -- image, picture en, bildskärm, -en, -ar, -arna -- monitor (CRT) en biljett, -en, -er, -erna -- ticket billig, -t, -a -- cheap en björn, -en, -ar, -arna -- bear en blixt, -en, -ar, -arna -- flash en blomm/a, -an, -or, -orna -- flower en blomkruk/a, -an, -or, -orna -- flower pot bly, -(e)t -- lead bläck, -et -- ink en bläckfisk, -en, -ar, -arna -- octopus en bok, -en, -ar, -arna -- beech en bok, -en, böck/er, -erna -- book en bokhyll/a, -an, -or, orna -- bookshelf ett bord, -et, bord, -en -- table brännvin, -et -- vodka ett bröd, -et, bröd, -en -- bread en buss, -en, -ar, -arna -- bus en busshållplats, -en, -er, -erna -- bus stop en bärsärk, -en, -ar, -arna -- berserker ett par byxor, -orna -- a pair of trousers C en central, -en -- center, central station centrum -- center en chaufför -- driver, chauffeur chef -- boss, head, manager choklad -- chocolate cirk/el, -eln, -lar, -larna -- a circle cirkla -- to circle (verb) en citron, -en, -er, -erna -- lemon en cyk/el, -eln, -lar, -larna -- bicycle D dag -- day dagbok -- diary, journal dagis -- daycare center dagg -- dew daggmask -- earthworm dal -- valley dam -- lady damm -- (1) dust (2) pond (3) damm dammsugare -- vacuum cleaner danmark -- denmark dansa -- dance dator -- computer dass -- outhouse or toilet (esp. outdoor, non-WC) decennium -- decade del -- portion, part, section, share dela -- divide, share deras -- their dikt -- poem din -- your diska -- wash up, do the dishes djup -- deep djur -- animal dricka --drink dröm, -en, -ar, -arna -- dream du -- you ett dund/er -ret -er -ren -- thunder dyr -- expensive då -- then, at that time, in those days dålig -- bad, poor, weak där -- there därför -- so, therefore därifrån -- from there dö, dog, dött -- die E efter -- after, behind egen -- own egenskap -- quality, characteristic ej -- not ek -- oak eka -- small, oar propulsed wooden boat eka -- echo v. ekhjul -- oak wheel eko -- echo ekonomi -- economy ekorre -- squirrel elak -- naughty, evil, wicked eld -- fire elev -- student, pupil eller -- or emot -- against enda -- only enkel -- simple, easy ensam -- alone, solitary er -- your, yours erfarenhet -- experience F falsk -- false familj -- family farlig -- dangerous fatta -- catch, grasp fel -- wrong fest -- party, feast festa -- have a good time, party v fika -- have some coffee, coffee break fjäder -- feather fjäll -- a mountain with bare top in the Nordic countries flod -- river (outside the Nordic countries) fluga -- fly n. flyga -- fly v. flygplan -- aeroplane flygplats -- airport fläsk -- pork folk -- people fot -- foot frisk -- well, healthy, not sick fråga -- question n fråga -r -de -t -- ask fura -- pine tree. the word tall is more common. furu -- pine wood fusk -- cheating få, fick, fått -- get fågel -- bird får -- sheep färsk -- fresh förstå -- understand förälska -- fall in love G gaff/el, -eln, -lar, -larna -- Fork galen -- mad, crazy gammal -- old, ancient gat/a, -an, -or, -orna -- Street ge, gav, givit (col. "gett") -- give, grant genast -- at once, immediately genom -- through, by way of, thanks to gifta sig, gifte sig, gift sig -- marry oneself glad -- happy, pleased, delighted glas, -en, -ar, -arna -- Glass glass -- Ice cream glädje -- joy, delight, happiness glöm/ma, -de, -t -- forget god -- good, nice, pleasant godis, -et, (no pl.) -- Candy golv, -et, -, -en -- floor grann/e, -en, -ar, -arna -- neighbor gran, -en, -ar, -arna -- Spruce grej, -en, -er, -erna -- (jargon) thing, gadget gris, -en, -ar, -arna -- Pig grisa, -de, -t -- (1) What a sow does when she gets piglets. (2) To behave like a pig, typically in conjunction to a party. griskulting, -en, -ar, -arna -- Piglet grod/a, -an, -or, -orna -- Frog gräns, -en, -er, -erna -- boundary, border grön -- green gubb/e, -en, -ar, -arna -- Old man gud, -en, -ar, -arna -- (a) god Gud -- God guld, -et, (no pl.) -- Gold gumm/a, -an, -or, -orna -- old woman gyllene -- Golden gå, gick, gått -- walk göra, gjorde, gjort -- do, make H ha, hade, haft -- have hals, -en, -ar, -arna -- neck, throat halsa, -de, -t -- (jargon) drink directly from a bottle, halv -- half hand, -en, händer, -na -- hand handduk, -en, -ar, -arna -- towel handla, -de, -t -- shop, trade, deal, do business v hans -- his hat, -et, (no pl.) -- hatred hav, -et, -, -en -- sea, ocean hembränt, -, (no pl.) -- Moonshine (i.e. home made vodka) hej! -- hi! hel -- whole, full, complete heller -- either helvete, -t, -n, -na -- hell hem, -et, -, -en -- home herr/e, -en, -ar, -arna -- gentleman, man hinna, hann, hunnit -- reach, get, find hit -- here hitta, -de, -t -- find hjort, -en, -ar, -arna -- deer hjälp -- help, assistance hjälp/a, -te, -t -- help, aid hjärta, -t, -n, -na -- heart hon -- she, her hund, -en, -ar, -arna -- dog hur -- how hus, -et, -, -en -- house hyr/a, -de, -t -- rent, hire hål, -et, -, -en -- hole hår -- hair härifrån -- from here högskol/a, -an, -or, -orna -- college of higher learning hök, -en, -ar, -arna -- hawk hön/a, -an, -or, -orna -- hen hör/a, -de, -t -- hear, learn, be told I Ilska -- Anger Ingenjör -- Engineer Inget -- Nothing Inte -- Not Intighet -- Void Illa -- badly Is -- ice Iller -- polecat Iskall -- as cold as ice Italien -- Italy J Jacka -- Jacket Jaga -- Hunt v. Jakt -- Hunt n. Jord -- Soil/Dirt Jorden -- The Earth Järn -- Iron Järnväg -- Rail road Järv -- Wolverine K kaffe, -t, (no pl.) -- coffee katt, -en, -er, -erna -- cat kattung/e, -en, -ar, -arna -- kitten kalv, -en, -ar, -arna -- calf kniv, -en, -ar, -arna -- knife ko, -n, -r, -rna -- cow kontinent, -en, -er, -erna -- continent Kontinenten -- Europe minus the Nordic countries (often including Denmark) krabb/a, -an, -or, -orna -- crab kräft/a, -an, -or, -orna -- crayfish kräft/a, -an, -or, -orna -- cancer (medic, obsolete: instead use Cancer /kanser/) kräftan -- Cancer (zodiac) kvinn/a, -an, -or, -orna -- woman kyckling, -en, -ar, -arna -- chicken kär -- in love kärlek, -en, -ar, -arna -- love n. kök, -et, -, -en -- kitchen kött, -et, (no pl.) -- meat kör, -en -- choir kam, -en -- comb kamel, -en -- camel kille, -en -- boy L Lampa -- Lamp Land -- Land, Country Lax -- Salmon Leka -- Play Lycka -- Happiness Läka -- Heal Läkare -- Doctor (physician) Läxa -- Homework Läsa -- read Lämna -- leave M Majs -- Corn Man -- Man Mardröm -- Nightmare Mark -- Ground Maskin -- Machine Mat -- Food Mejla -- E-mail v. Minut -- Minute Minuten -- ATM (one of two brands in Sweden) Misstag -- Mistake Mint -- Mint (flavor) Mjöd -- Mead Mjöl -- Flour Mjölk -- Milk Mobba -- Bully Mobbning -- Bullying Mynt -- Coin n. Mynta -- (1) Coin v. (2) Mint (herb) Månad -- Month Måne -- Moon N Natt -- Night Nord -- North n. Norden -- The Nordic Countries Norge -- Norway Norr -- North prep. Norrman -- Norwegian Norska -- Norwegian (language or woman) Ny -- New Nybörjare -- Beginner, Novice, N00b, Newbie Nyhet -- News Nyheterna -- The news Nätet -- The (Inter)Net O Olycka -- Accident, Misfortune Ondska -- Evil Orkan -- Hurricane Orm -- Snake Ost -- Cheese Otur -- Bad luck Ond -- evil Ostron -- oyster Om -- if Oss -- us P Paket -- Parcel, Package Pengar -- Money Pris -- prize Plastpåse -- plastic bag Pojke -- boy Paj -- pie Påsk -- Easter Q Qatar -- Qatar R Rak -- Straight Ren -- Reindeer Rep -- Rope Rike -- State, Country, Realm Ris -- Rice Rum -- Room; Space (in mathematics) Rymd -- Space Rymden -- Space (the Universe) Råtta -- Rat Rät -- Straight Rätt -- Right, Correct Rättighet -- Right jur. De mänskliga rättigheterna. (The human rights) S se, såg, sett -- See sekel -- century sekund -- second silver -- silver sked -- spoon skjorta -- shirt sko -- shoe skola -- school skorsten -- chimney skott -- Shot skottkärra -- Wheelbarrow skottland -- Scotland skottår -- Leap year slang -- hose slang -- slang slut -- end, finish n. (and vulgarly adj.) sluta, -de, -t -- end, finish, stop v. slända -- distaff slända -- an insect in the order of Odonata, such as dragonflies and damselflies. smak -- taste, flavor n. smaka, -de, -t -- taste v. smorgasbord— buffet or variety of food SMS -- SMS n. SMS:a -- SMS v. sol -- sun sova, sov, sovit -- Sleep v. spel -- game spårvagn -- tram spöke -- ghost stav -- staff stjärna -- star stjärnbild -- constellation stjärntecken -- astrological sign ström -- Stream, Current; Electric power. Vi har ingen ström! (We have no power!) stål -- steel suga -- suck svensk -- Swede, Swedish adj. svenska -- Swedish (language or woman) Sverige (/sværje/) -- Sweden syd -- south prep. synd -- sin; Pity. Vad synd! (That's a shame!) syrsa -- cricket (insect) såg -- saw, sawmill söder -- south n. sömn -- sleep n. T ta, tog, tagit -- take tall, -en, -ar, -arna -- Pine tree tallrik, -en, -ar, -arna -- Plate tenn -- Tin tennsoldat, -en, -er, -erna -- Tin soldier tid, -en, -er, -erna -- Time timme, -en, -ar, -arna -- Hour toa, -n, (no pl.) -- Toilett toalett, -en, -er, -erna -- Toilett troll, -et, -, -en -- Troll trolla, -de, -t -- Do (stage) magic trollsländ/a, -an, -or, -orna -- Dragonfly träd, -et, -, -en -- Tree tunnelban, -en, -er, -erna -- Subway tupp, -en, -ar, -arna -- Rooster tur, -en, -er, -erna -- Good luck Tyskland -- Germany tåg, -et, -, -en -- Train tågstation, -en, -er, -erna -- Train station U Ull -- Wool (sheep hair) Undulat -- Budgerigar Universitet -- University Upplevelse -- (an enjoyable) Experience Ute -- Outside Utrikes -- Abroad, Overseas Uggla -- owl V, W Vatten -- Water Webben -- The (World Wide) Web Vecka -- Week Vin -- Wine Väg -- Way, Road Vänstersväng -- Left turn Värld -- World Väst -- West prep. Väster -- West n. Växa -- Grow Växt -- Plant X Xylofon -- Xylophone Y Yxa -- Axe Yrke -- Occupation Ylle -- Wool (textile) Ytterdörr -- front door Z Zooma -- Zoom v. Zebra -- zebra Å en å, -n, -ar, -arna -- river ett år, -et, år, -en -- year århundrade, -t, -n -- century årtionde, -t, -n -- decade årtusende, -t, -n -- millennium en år/a, -an, -or, -orna -- oar en åsikt, -en, -er, -erna -- opinion; vara av samma åsikt med ngn (to agree with smbd); vara av annan åsikt med ngn (to disagree with smbd) en åsk/a, -an, -or, -orna -- thunder Ä Älg -- Moose Älska -- Love v. Älv -- River (in the Nordic Countries) Älva -- Female elf Ände -- End (of something physical, such as a rope) Äpple -- Apple Äta -- Eat (skol)Ämne -- subjekt Ö Ö -- Island Öl -- Beer Örn -- Eagle Öst -- East prep. Öster -- East n. Önska -- Wish v. Önskning -- Wish n.