Swedish–English dictionary

åtrå

(uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.

åtrådd

Highly sought-after.

atrium

(palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

atrofi

(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. [from early 17th c.]

atropin

(poison, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).

åtskild

(followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).

åtskillnad

That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.

åtstramning

(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.

åtstramningspolitik

(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.

att

Introducing a clause that describes the information content of a preceding reporting noun.

att göra snurrig

(transitive) To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder.

att göra virrig

(transitive) To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder.

att göra yr

(transitive) To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder.

åtta

A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.

attack

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

attackera

(transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.

åttahörning

(geometry, also, attributively) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles.

attans

Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.

attentat

The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.

attestera

(transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.

Attika

A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located.

ättiksgurka

A small cucumber, often pickled whole.

åttio

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

åttiotal

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

åttiotalet

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

attiraljer

Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.

attityd

(figurative) Disposition or state of mind.

attjo

(onomatopoeia) The sound of a sneeze.

ättling

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

ättlingar

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

åttonde

The ordinal form of the number eight.

åttondedel

One of eight equal parts of a whole.

åttondel

One of eight equal parts of a whole.

åttondelsnot

(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

attrahera

(transitive) To pull toward without touching.

attraktion

(uncountable) An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.

attribut

(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)

atypisk

Not conforming to the normal type.

aubergine

(North America, AU, NZ, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.

Auckland

A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country.

audiens

A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary. [from 16th c.]

audiovisuel

Containing both aural and visual elements.

audiovisuell

Containing both aural and visual elements.

audition

(countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.

auditorium

A large room for public meetings or performances.

August

A en given name, risen in popularity since the 18th century.

augusti

The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.

Augustinus

A en given name, notably borne by Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430), a church father and a writer.

auktion

A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

auktionera

To sell at an auction.

auktionist

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.

auktionsförrättare

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.

auktionsutropare

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.

auktorisera

(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.

auktoritativ

Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority.

auktoritet

(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

aula

A large room for public meetings or performances.

aura

The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.

australiensare

A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.

australiensisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.

australiensiska

A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.

australier

A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.

australisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.

australiska

A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.

autenticitet

The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.

autentisering

(computing) Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource.

autentisk

Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.

auteur

A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.

autistisk

Having autism, or pertaining to autism.

auto-

Reflexive, regarding or to oneself.

autoimmun

(pathology, immunology) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.

autoklav

A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.

autokrat

An absolute ruler with infinite power.

autokrati

(uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.

autokratisk

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

autokton

Native to the place where found; indigenous.

automat

A similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc; an e-kiosk.

automation

The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.

automatisering

The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.

automatiskt

In an automatic manner.

automobil

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.

autonom

Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.

autonomi

(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.

autopilot

(aviation, nautical) A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.

autosexualitet

Sexual attraction toward oneself.

auxiliärmaskin

(nautical) A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.

av

(Judaism) The eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Tammuz and before Elul.

av naturen

Inherently or by nature.

av och till

(idiomatic) Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently.

av-

reversal, undoing

avaktivera

(chiefly, electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

avaktiverad

Made incapable of use or action.

avancerad

Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

avantgarde-

Outside the mainstream.

avantgardeteater

Non-mainstream theatre.

avatar

(internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

avbalkning

A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

avbeställning

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

avbetalning

(legal, finance) A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.

avbildning

A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.

avblockera

(transitive) To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).

avböja

(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.

avbokning

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

avbrösta

(obsolete) To detach (an artillery piece) from its limber to deploy for firing.

avbrott

An interruption of that which is normal or regular.

avbruten

Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

avbryta

(transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.

avbytarbänk

(sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.

avbytare

(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.

avdela

(transitive, military, law enforcement) To assign to a particular task.

avdelning

A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.

avdöd

(now, _, rare) Deceased, dead.

avdöpning

A ceremony supposed to cancel a person's earlier baptism.

avdrag

A sum that can be removed in tax calculations, usually from the taxable amount; something that is written off.

avdragbar

Eligible to be deducted.

avdragsgill

Eligible to be deducted.

avdrift

The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.

avdunsta

(ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.

avelshingst

A male horse kept primarily as a stud.

även

In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

även om

Regardless of whether; irrespective of (something happening or being the case).

äventyr

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

äventyra

(transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger.

äventyrare

One who enjoys adventures.

äventyrerska

A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.

äventyrlig

(of a, person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.

äventyrlighet

The quality of being adventurous.

äventyrsspel

(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.

aveny

The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.

aversion

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.

äverträda

(transitive) To act in violation of some law.

avfall

The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.

avfalla

To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.

avfälling

(countable, religion) A person who has renounced a religion or faith.

avfallscontainer

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

avfärda

(transitive) To throw away, to reject.

avfasning

An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

avföra

(transitive) To undo the process of listing; to remove something from a list.

avföring

The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.

avförtrollning

The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.

avfrosta

(transitive) To remove frost from.

avfyra

To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).

avfyrning

The discharge of a gun or other weapon.

avgå

(transitive, or, intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status. [from 14th c.]

avgående

(not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).

avgång

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

avgångsklass

(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.

avgift

The amount of money levied for a service.

avgifta

(transitive) To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.

avgöra

(intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.