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Webster 1913 Edition

Swedish

Swed′ish

,

Adj.

[Cf. G.

schwedisch

, Sw.

svensk

.]

Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants.

Swedish turnip

.

(Bot.)

See under

.

Swed′ish

,

Noun.

The language of Swedes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Swedish

SWE'DISH

,

Adj.

Pertaining to Sweden.

Definition 2024

Swedish

Swedish

English

Proper noun

Swedish

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.

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Sweeds (af)
Albanian: gjuha suedeze (sq)
Arabic: اَلسُّوِيدِيَّة f ‎(as-suwīdiyya), سُوِيدِيّ m ‎(suwīdiyy), اَللُّغَة اَلسُّوِيدِيَّة f ‎(al-luḡa s-suwīdiyya)
Armenian: շվեդերեն (hy) ‎(švederen)
Asturian: suecu (ast) m
Basque: suediera (eu)
Belarusian: шве́дская мо́ва f ‎(švjédskaja móva), шве́дская f ‎(švjédskaja)
Catalan: suec (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瑞典語 (zh), 瑞典语 (zh) ‎(Ruìdiǎn'yǔ)
Czech: švédština (cs) f
Danish: svensk (da)
Dutch: Zweeds (nl) n
Esperanto: sveda lingvo, sveda (eo)
Estonian: rootsi keel
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: Svenskisuut (kl)
Hebrew: שבדית (he) f ‎(švedít)
Hindi: स्वीडिश (hi) ‎(svīḍiś)
Hungarian: svéd (hu)
Icelandic: sænska (is)
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) ‎(Seuweden-e)

Kurdish:

Kurmanji: swêdî (ku)

Sorani: سویدی ‎(swîdî)
Latin: lingua Suecica f
Latvian: zviedru valoda f, zviedru
Limburgish: Zweids n, Zwèdsj (li) n
Luxembourgish:
Malagasy: soedoa (mg)
Maltese: l-Iżvediż, svediż
Northern Sami: ruoŧagiella, ruoŧŧa
Norwegian:

Bokmål: svensk (no) m

Nynorsk: svensk (nn) m
Polish: szwedzki (pl) m inan
Portuguese: sueco (pt) m, língua sueca f
Romanian: suedeză (ro), limba suedeză f
Russian: шве́дский (ru) m ‎(švédskij)
Sami:
Northern and Southern: ruoŧagiella
Scottish Gaelic: Suainis f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: шведски m

Roman: švedski (sh) m
Slovak: švédčina (sk) f
Slovene: švédščina (sl) f
Spanish: sueco (es) m
Swahili: Kiswidi
Swedish: svenska (sv)
Turkish: İsveççe (tr)
Venetian: svedexe (vec) m
Vietnamese: tiếng Thụy Điển (vi), - Thụy-Điển
Volapük: Svedänapük (vo)

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Swedish terms

Appendix:Swedish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Swedish

External links

Swedish–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary

ISO 639-1 code sv, ISO 639-3 code swe

Ethnologue entry for Swedish, sv

Adjective

Swedish ‎(not comparable)

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

Related terms

Swede
Sweden

Derived terms

Translations

of or pertaining to Sweden

Arabic: سُوِيدِيّ ‎(suwīdiyy)
Armenian: շվեդական (hy) ‎(švedakan)
Basque: suediar
Belarusian: шведскі ‎(švjédski)
Bulgarian: шведски ‎(švedski)
Catalan: suec (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瑞典的 (zh) ‎(Ruìdiǎn-de)
Czech: švédský (cs) m
Danish: svensk (da)
Dutch: Zweeds (nl), Zweedse (nl)
Esperanto: sveda (eo)
Estonian: rootsi (et)
Finnish: ruotsalainen (fi)
French: suédois (fr)
Georgian: შვედური (ka) ‎(šveduri)
German: schwedisch (de)
Greenlandic: svenskeq, svenskisut
Hawaiian: Kuekene
Hindi: स्वीडिश (hi) ‎(svīḍiś)
Hungarian: svéd (hu)
Icelandic: sænskur (is) m
Ido: Suediala (io)
Interlingua: svedese (ia)

Italian: svedese (it)
Japanese: スウェーデンの (Suwēden no)
Karelian: ruočči
Korean: 스웨덴 의 (Seuweden eui)
Latvian: zviedru, zviedrisks
Northern Sami: ruoŧa
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, швеђански

Roman: švedski (sh), šveđanski
Slovene: švédski (sl)
Spanish: sueco (es)
Swedish: svensk (sv)
Turkish: İsveçli (tr)
Venetian: svedexe (vec)

of or pertaining to the Swedish language

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
Icelandic: sænsk
Ido: Suediana (io)
Italian: svedese (it)
Japanese: スウェーデン語の
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)

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