Swedish–English dictionary

a

Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "first"

å ämbetets vägnar

By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.

å andra sidan

(sentence adverb) On the other hand (introducing an opposing viewpoint).

å nyo

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]

A-traktor

(historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.

AB

(business, legal) Initialism of joint-stock company.

abalone

(North America, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [mid 19th c.]

Abba

(Christianity) Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

abbedissa

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. [First attested around 1150 to 1350]

abborre

A freshwater fish of species Perca fluviatilis in the family Percidae, native to northern Eurasia.

abbot

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.]

abbotskloster

A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

abbottkloster

A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

abc

(Canada, US, alone, or, postpositive, chiefly, humorous) Of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary.

abc-bok

(obsolete) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid-17th century.]

abderitisk

Of or belonging to Abdera or its people.

abdikation

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

abdikera

(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18th c.]

abdominal

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. [Mid 18th century.]

Abdullah

A en given name.

abedissa

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. [First attested around 1150 to 1350]

abel

Relevant to or suitable to, in accordance with.

aber

(figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.

åberopat

According to someone's allegation.

Abessinien

(historical) Former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century.

Abner

(biblical character) A cousin of Saul mentioned in the Old Testament.

abnorm

Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. [First attested around the mid 19th century.]

abnormitet

The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

abolition

(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18th century.]

abonnemang

Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

abonnent

A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.

abonnera

(ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

aborigin

(dated, now, offensive) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.

aboriginer

(dated, now, offensive) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.

abort

(medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]

abortera

(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]

aborterad

Brought forth prematurely.

abra kadabra

Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed. [from 19th c.]

abrakadabra

Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed. [from 19th c.]

abrasivmedel

A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

abrupt

(idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.

abs

(mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

abscess

(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

absint

A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. [from mid 19th c.]

absolut

In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

absolutbelopp

(mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

absolution

(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

absolutism

(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism. [First attested in the early 19th century.]

absolutist

One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government. [from mid 19th c.]

absolutvärde

(mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

absorbera

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

absorberande

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

absorption

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,

abstinens

A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.

abstinenssymtom

The physiological effects of such a withdrawal.

abstrahera

To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.

abstrakt

Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.

abstrus

Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure. [from mid 16th c.]

absurd

Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. [from mid-16th c.]

AC

(electricity) Initialism of alternating current (often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current).

acacia

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

acaciaträd

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

acajouträd

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

accelerator

A device for causing acceleration.

accelerera

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

accent

(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.

accentuera

(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.

acceptabel

Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.

acceptabelt

In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.

acceptera

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

accepterad

Generally approved, believed, or recognized.

accepterat

Generally approved, believed, or recognized.

accessoar

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

aceton

(organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.

acetylen

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.

Achilles

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

acid

(uncountable, slang) LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.

ack

An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.

äckel

(informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.

äckelmagad

Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.

äckelpotta

(informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.

äckla

To cause an intense dislike for something.

äcklad

Filled with disgust.

äcklig

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

acklimatisera

(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

acklimatisering

The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

ackompanjemang

(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

ackompanjera

(intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.

ackord

(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

ackordeon

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

ackordion

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

ackordslön

A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.

ackreditera

(transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

ackreditering

The giving of credentials.

ackumulation

(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

ackumulator

(literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.

ackumulering

(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

ackuschör

(medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth.

acne

A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

action

Fast-paced activity.

ad

(obsolete) formed, up until Early Modern English (later seldom used but archaically, in poetry, or in religious writings), regular past participles of verbs ending in -ate, alternatively used alongside -ated from as early as Middle English

ad hoc

For a particular purpose.

adamant

An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.

adaption

(biology) The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.

addera

(transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.

addition

(uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.

adduktor

(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.

adekvat

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

adel

The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

ädelgran

(chiefly, countable) A conifer of the genus Abies.

adelsdam

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

adelsfru

A woman having a noble rank, especially one belonging to the peerage; a Lady.

adelskvinna

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

adelsman

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

adelsperson

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

ädelsten

A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.

ädelträ

(countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.

Aden

A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen.