English

Noun

Swede ‎(plural Swedes)

1. A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

Derived terms

• Swedish

Related terms

• Sweden

Translations

Anagrams

• sewed, weeds

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Zweden.

Proper noun

Swede

1. Sweden

Synonyms

• Koninkryk van Swede

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swiːd/
• Homophone: Swede

Noun

swede ‎(plural swedes)

1. (chiefly Britain) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
2. The plant from which this is obtained.
3. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The turnip.

Synonyms

• (plant): rutabaga (US, Canada)
• (vegetable): rutabaga (US, Canada), neep (Scotland), yellow turnip (US), winter turnip

Translations

Etymology 2

Coined by Michel Gondry in the film Be Kind Rewind, from the claim that films produced in this way were imported from Sweden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swiːd/
• Homophone: Swede

Verb

swede ‎(third-person singular simple present swedes, present participle sweding, simple past and past participle sweded)

1. To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.
   • 2008, Esquire, "The Five Most Awesomely Sweded Movies"

     Chances are you've sweded something before without even knowing it.

   • 2014, The Guardian, "Sweded movies: the end of Hollywood as we know it?"

     Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones and John Rambo are this era's King Arthur, Beowulf and Robin Hood – and sweding represents a playful and heartfelt engagement with their myths.

Anagrams

• sewed, weeds