Swedish–English dictionary

rotabagge

(now, North America) The edible root of this plant

rotation

Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.

rotationspunkt

(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.

rotera

(transitive, now, rare) To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. [from 15th c.]

rotfrukt

A vegetable whose the edible part is the root, such as the carrot, potato, or onion.

rotknöl

A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.

rots

An infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.

rött

(tincture) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.

rottweiler

A very large muscular breed of dog of German origin with black fur and tanned markings.

rotvälska

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

rotvälta

(forestry) The uprooting and/or overthrowing of a tree caused by the wind.

rouge

(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

router

(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.

rova

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

rövare

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

rovdjur

A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.

rövfitta

(North America, very, uncommon, slang, vulgar) The anus, as the receiving orifice in anal sex.

rovgirig

(also, figurative) Voracious; avaricious.

rövhål

(informal, _, or, _, childish, chiefly, Commonwealth) The anus.

rövslickare

(North America, slang, vulgar) Someone who kisses ass (who acts obsequiously in order to gain another's favor).

rövslickeri

Flattery; fulsome praise.

Roxana

The wife of Alexander the Great.

rubbning

(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

rubel

The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка, Belarusian: капе́йка). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.

Rubicon

(historical) A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.

rubin

(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.

rubrik

Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

rucola

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

rudimentär

(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

ruelse

A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.

ruff

The unmowed part of a golf course.

rufsig

Wrinkled or crumpled.

ruggning

The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

ruinera

(transitive, figurative) To squander or waste.

ruka

A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.

rulla

To spin or revolve repeatedly.

rulla ärta

(slang, vulgar, transitive, intransitive, often with "off") To stimulate the clitoris.

rulla ihop

To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.

rulla ihop sig

To wind cylindrically or spirally.

rulla russin

(slang, vulgar, transitive, intransitive, often with "off") To stimulate the clitoris.

rulla upp

(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.

rullande

The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.

rullbana

(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.

rulle

A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.

rullebör

A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.

rullgardin

A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

rullning

The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.

rullor

An official or public document; a register; a record.

rullstensås

A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.

rulltrappa

A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.

rulta

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

rum

A room or set of rooms, particularly:

rumän

(countable) A native of Romania.

Rumänien

A country in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Bucharest.

rumänsk

Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

rumänska

Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

rumba

A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.

rumla

(intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s]

rumpa

(euphemism) The buttocks or anus. [1794]

rumskamrat

A person with whom one shares a flat.

rumskompis

(informal) A roommate.

rund

Having a protuberant belly; potbellied. [Mid 17th century.]

rund toppmurkla

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

runda

(nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).

runda av

(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.

rundel

(heraldiccharge) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.

rundel av silver

(heraldic charge) A roundel of silver or argent.

rundgång

(amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.

rundhänt

Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.

rundlagd

Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. [from 15th c.]

rundnätt

(slang) Rather fat; chubby.

rundning

A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).

rungande

With a loud, resonant sound.

runka

(intransitive, vulgar) To do nothing; to waste time.

runt

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around. [from before 1150]

runt om

Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. [from ca. 1150–1350]

rus

(historical) A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries.

rusa

(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.

rusade

To move rapidly.

rusch

A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.

ruser

A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities. [from 19th c.]

rusning

A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.

russ

Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.

rustad

(obsolete) Prepared; ready.

rustik

Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

rustkammare

A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.

rustning

The process of building up military capacity.

Rut

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

ruta

A space to be filled in on a form or template.

ruter

(card games) A card of the diamonds suit.

ruterkort

(card games) A card of the diamonds suit.

Ruth

A en given name.

rutig

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

rutil

(mineral) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.

rutin

Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.

rutinerad

Experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby

rutinmässigt

In a routine manner, in a way that has become common or expected.

rutnät

A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.

rutschbana

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

rutschkana

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

rutt

A route or proposed route of a journey.

ruttna

(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

ruva

(intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.

ruvning

A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.

Rwanda

A country in East Africa.

ryck

An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.

rycka

(figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

rycka på axlarna

(ambitransitive) To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.

rycka till

(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.

rycka upp med rötterna

To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.

ryckning

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.

rygg

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

rygg-

(anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

rygga

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

ryggkota

(skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.

ryggrad

(countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.

ryggradslös

Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae.

ryggradslöst djur

An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone.

ryggsäck

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

ryggsäcksturist

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

ryggskott

(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.

ryggstöd

The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.

ryka

(transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.

ryktbar

Having fame; famous or noted.

ryktbarhet

Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.

rykte

What somebody or something is known for.

rymd

Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.

rymdfarare

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

rymdfarkost

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

rymdskepp

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

rymdvarelse

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

rymdvinkel

(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

rymlig

Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

rymling

Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.

rymma

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

rynk

A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.

rynka

A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

rynka pannan

(intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.

rysa

(intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.

rysare

(mostly, North America) A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.

rysk

Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.

rysk kaviar

Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.

rysk-

relating to Russia or Russian

ryska

Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.

ryss

Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.

Ryssland

A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.

ryta

(transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.

rytm

A rhythm.

ryttare

A soldier in the cavalry.

ryttarinna

One who rides a horse.