Swedish

English

Etymology

From Swede +‎ -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch.

Pronunciation

• enPR: swē'dĭsh, IPA^(key): /ˈswiː.dɪʃ/

  • Audio (UK)

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• Homophone: sweetish (flapping)

Proper noun

Swedish (countable and uncountable, plural Swedishes)

1. The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Swedish.

Hypernyms

• East Scandinavian
• East Scandinavian language

Derived terms

• Old Swedish

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Sweeds (af)
• Albanian: gjuha suedeze
• Arabic: سُوَيْدِيَّة‎ (ar) f (suwēdiyya)
• Armenian: շվեդերեն (hy) (švederen)
• Asturian: suecu (ast) m
• Basque: suediera (eu)
• Belarusian: шве́дская мо́ва f (švjédskaja móva), шве́дская f (švjédskaja)
• Bengali: সুইডীয় ভাষা (suiḍiẏo bhaśa)
• Catalan: suec (ca) m, suedès m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑞典語／瑞典语 (zh) (Ruìdiǎn yǔ)

• Corsican: svedese (co) m, svidese m
• Czech: švédština (cs) f
• Danish: svensk (da) n
• Dhivehi: ސުވެޑިޝް‎ (dv) (suveḍiš)
• Dutch: Zweeds (nl) n
• Esperanto: sveda lingvo, sveda (eo)
• Estonian: rootsi keel
• Faroese: svenskt (fo) n
• Finnish: ruotsi (fi), ruotsin kieli
• French: suédois (fr) m
• Galician: sueco (gl) m
• Georgian: შვედური (ka) (šveduri), შვედური ენა (šveduri ena)
• German: Schwedisch (de) n
• Greek: σουηδικά (el) n pl (souidiká)
• Greenlandic: svenskisut
• Hebrew: שבדית‎ (he) f (shvedít)
• Hindi: स्वीडिश (hi) (svīḍiś), स्वीडियाई (hi) f (svīḍiyāī)
• Hungarian: svéd (hu)
• Icelandic: sænska (is) f
• Ido: Suediana (io)
• Indonesian: bahasa Swedia
• Interlingua: lingua svedese
• Irish: sualainnis f
• Italian: svedese (it) m
• Japanese: スウェーデン語 (ja) (Suwēden go)
• Karelian: ruočči
• Korean: 스웨덴어 (ko) (seuwedeneo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سْویدی‎ (siwîdî)

  Northern Kurdish: swêdî (ku)

• Latin: lingua Suecica f
• Latvian: zviedru valoda f, zviedru
• Limburgish: Zwèdsj n
• Low German:

  German Low German: Sweedsch (nds) n

• Luxembourgish: Schwedesch n
• Malagasy: soedoa (mg)
• Maltese: Żvediż (mt)
• Northern Sami: ruoŧagiella, ruoŧŧa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svensk (no) m

  Nynorsk: svensk (nn) m

• Polish: szwedzki (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: sueco (pt) m
• Romanian: suedeză (ro) f
• Russian: шве́дский (ru) m (švédskij)
• Scots: Swadish
• Scottish Gaelic: Suainis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шведски m

  Roman: švedski (sh) m

• Slovak: švédčina (sk) f
• Slovene: švédščina (sl) f
• Southern Sami: ruoŧagiella
• Spanish: sueco (es) m
• Swahili: Kiswidi
• Swedish: svenska (sv) c
• Tigrinya: ስዊድንኛ (səwidnəña)
• Turkish: İsveççe (tr)
• Ukrainian: шве́дська мо́ва (uk) f (švédsʹka móva), шве́дська (uk) f (švédsʹka)
• Venetian: svedexe (vec) m
• Vietnamese: tiếng Thụy Điển (vi), tiếng Thụy-Điển
• Volapük: Svedänapük (vo)
• Welsh: Swedeg (cy)
• Yiddish: שוועדיש‎ (yi) n (shvedish)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Swedish terms
• Appendix:Swedish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Swedish

Further reading

• “Swedish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• ISO 639-1 code sv, ISO 639-3 code swe (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Swedish, swe ⁠

Adjective

Swedish (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Sweden.
2. Of or pertaining to the Swedish language.

Hypernyms

• East Scandinavian

Derived terms

• Swedish drink
• Swedish fish
• Swedishly
• Swedish massage
• Swedish meatball
• Swedish mile
• Swedishness
• Swedish torch
• Swedish turnip

 

Related terms

• Swede
• Sweden

 

Translations

of or pertaining to Sweden

• Albanian: suedez (sq)
• Arabic: سُوَيْدِيّ‎ (suwēdiyy)
• Armenian: շվեդական (hy) (švedakan)
• Azerbaijani: isveç
• Basque: suediar
• Belarusian: шве́дскі (švjédski), швэ́дзкі (švédzki)
• Bengali: সুইডিশ (suiḍiś), সুইডীয় (suiḍiẏo)
• Bulgarian: шве́дски (švédski)
• Burmese: ဆွီဒင် (hcwidang)
• Catalan: suec (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑞典的 (zh) (Ruìdiǎn de)

• Czech: švédský (cs)
• Danish: svensk (da)
• Dutch: Zweeds (nl), Zweedse (nl)
• Esperanto: sveda (eo)
• Estonian: rootsi
• Finnish: ruotsalainen (fi)
• French: suédois (fr)
• Georgian: შვედური (ka) (šveduri), შვედეთის (švedetis)
• German: schwedisch (de)
• Greenlandic: svenskeq, svenskisut
• Hawaiian: Kuekene
• Hebrew: שוודי \ שְׁוֶדִי‎ (he)
• Hindi: स्वीडिश (hi) (svīḍiś), स्वीडियाई (hi) (svīḍiyāī)
• Hungarian: svéd (hu)
• Icelandic: sænskur (is) m
• Ido: Suediala (io)
• Interlingua: svedese (ia)
• Irish: Sualannach
• Italian: svedese (it)
• Japanese: スウェーデンの (ja) (Suwēden no)
• Karelian: ruočči
• Kazakh: швед (şved)
• Khmer: ស៊ុយអែត (km) (suyʼaet)
• Korean: 스웨덴의 (ko) (seuwedenui)
• Kyrgyz: швед (şved)
• Lao: ສະວີເດັນ (lo) (sa wī den)
• Latin: suecus m
• Latvian: zviedru, zviedrisks
• Lithuanian: švedų (lt), švediškas
• Macedonian: шведски (švedski)
• Mongolian: швед (šved)
• Northern Sami: ruoŧa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svensk (no)

  Nynorsk: svensk (nn)

• Old English: *Swēonisċ
• Persian: سوئدی‎ (fa) (su'edi)
• Polish: szwedzki (pl)
• Portuguese: sueco (pt)
• Romanian: suedez (ro)
• Russian: шве́дский (ru) (švédskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Suaineach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шведски, швеђански

  Roman: švedski (sh), šveđanski

• Slovak: švédsky (sk)
• Slovene: švédski (sl)
• Spanish: sueco (es)
• Swedish: svensk (sv)
• Tajik: шведӣ (tg) (švedī)
• Tatar: швед (şwed)
• Thai: สวีเดน (th) (sà-wii-den)
• Turkish: İsveçli (tr), İsveç (tr)
• Turkmen: şwed
• Ukrainian: шве́дський (uk) (švédsʹkyj)
• Uyghur: شۋېتسىيە‎ (shwëtsiye)
• Uzbek: shved (uz)
• Venetian: svedexe (vec)
• Welsh: Swedaidd
• Yiddish: שוועדיש‎ (yi) (shvedish)

of or pertaining to the Swedish language

• Arabic: سُوَيْدِيّ‎ (suwaydiyy)
• Armenian: շվեդերեն (hy) (švederen)
• Basque: suediar
• Dutch: Zweeds (nl)
• Esperanto: sveda (eo)
• Estonian: rootsi keel
• Finnish: ruotsinkielinen (fi)
• Georgian: შვედური (ka) (šveduri)
• German: schwedisch (de)
• Hawaiian: Kuekene
• Hindi: स्वीडिश (hi) (svīḍiś), स्वीडियाई (hi) (svīḍiyāī)
• Icelandic: sænsk
• Ido: Suediana (io)
• Italian: svedese (it)
• Japanese: スウェーデン語の (Suwēden-go no)
• Karelian: ruočči
• Latvian: zviedru, zviedrisks
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svensk (no)

  Nynorsk: svensk (nn)

• Polish: szwedzki (pl)
• Portuguese: sueco (pt)
• Romanian: suedez (ro)
• Russian: шве́дский (ru) (švédskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Suaineach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шведски

  Roman: švedski (sh)

• Spanish: sueco (es)
• Swedish: svensk (sv), svenskspråkig (sv)
• Venetian: svedexe (vec)
• Welsh: Swedeg (cy)
• Yiddish: שוועדיש‎ (yi) (shvedish)

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