Swedish–English dictionary

Sjota

A male given name of Georgian origin.

sjötrafik

(uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.

sjötunga

(fish) Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.

sjövärdig

(nautical) Fit for service at sea.

sju

A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.

sjua

The person or thing in the seventh position.

sjuda

Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.

sjudning

The state or process of simmering. [from early 19th c.]

sjujäkla

(colloquial) ; (expletive) (A) hell of a; extremely or very.

sjujävla

(colloquial) ; (expletive) (A) hell of a; extremely or very.

sjuk

Affected with or suffering from disease.

sjuk i huvudet

(slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.

sjuka

(less common in the, _, UK, and, Ireland) In poor health; ill.

sjukamp

(athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.

sjukavdelning

A clinic or dispensary within another institution.

sjukdom

(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.

sjukdomskänsla

A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.

sjuke

(less common in the, _, UK, and, Ireland) In poor health; ill.

sjukgymnastik

(British, Commonwealth, Irish) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

sjukhus

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

sjukhusvistelse

The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

sjuklig

Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.

sjukliga

Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.

sjukligt

Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.

sjukskötare

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

sjuksköterska

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

sjukstuga

A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.

sjuksyster

(British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

sjukt

(Liverpool, Scottish) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.

sjukvårdare

A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and prepare them for transport to a medical facility.

sjukvårdsbiträde

A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.

sjunde

The ordinal form of the number seven.

sjundedel

One of seven equal parts of a whole.

sjunga

(intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.

sjunga karaoke

(intransitive) to perform karaoke

sjunka

(intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

sjunka ihop

(intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.

sjusovare

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.

sjuttio

The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

sjuttiotal

The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.

sjuttiotalet

The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.

sjutton

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

sjuttonde

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

sk

Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.)

ska

Used to form female equivalents.

ska ske

(radio communications) Indicates agreement and compliance.

skabb

(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

skabbig

Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.

skada

(transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

skadad

(of merchandise, etc.) Damaged.

skadedjur

Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance. [from c. 1300]

skadeersättning

Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.

skadeglädje

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

skådespel

(countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.

skådespelare

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

skådespeleri

(uncountable, drama) The occupation of an actor.

skådespelerska

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

skadestånd

(legal) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.

skadlig

Causing damage or harm.

skadlig programvara

(computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

skaffa

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

skaffa anställning åt

(transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.

skaffa plats åt

(transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.

skaffare

A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.

skaffel

An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.

skafferi

A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry.

skaft

The handle of a tool or weapon.

skafta

(transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).

skägg

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

skäggig

Having a beard; involving a beard.

skäggprydd

Having a beard; involving a beard.

skäggstubb

(countable, and, uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

skäggtorsk

A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.

skaka

(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.

skaka hand (på)

(intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

skaka om

(transitive, figurative, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.

skakar

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

skakning

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

skäkta

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.

skäktkniv

(countable) A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.

skål

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

skala

A (normally) complete range.

skala ned

(transitive, often, with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.

skalbagge

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

skalbolag

(business) A legal entity that has no operations.

skaldjur

A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.

skaldverk

A literary piece written in verse.

skälig

Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.

skall

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.

skålla

(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

skälla ut

(transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.

skalle

(slang) The human head.

skallerorm

Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

skällgumse

The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.

skallig

Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

skallighet

The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

skallra

(intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.

skalm

The arm on a pair of glasses that hooks over the ear to hold them in place.

skalp

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

skalpell

A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.

skalpera

To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

skalprogram

(computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.

skålsnäcka

Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.

skälva

A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.

skam

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

skämd

(of food) That has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.

skamfila

(transitive) To compromise, damage, soil, or sully.

skamfilad

Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.

skamfläck

A displeasing sight; something prominently ugly or unsightly.

skamkänsla

An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

skamlig

Marked by great disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, or shame; disgraceful, shameful.

skamlös

Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.

skampåle

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

skamsen

(chiefly, of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt.

skämt

(countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.

skämta

To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

skämtare

A person who makes jokes.

skämtsam

Pleasantly humorous; jocular.

skända

(transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.

skandal

An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.

skandalisera

(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).

skandinav

Someone from Scandinavia.

Skandinavien

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.

skandinavisk

(of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

skändlig

Totally reprehensible.

skändlighet

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

skändning

An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

skänk

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

skänk från ovan

An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.

skänka

To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.

skänkel

(rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.

skanna

(computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.

skanner

A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

skap

A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state.

skapa

(transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.

skapande

(uncountable) The act of creating something.

skapare

(religion) A god who created the Universe; God.

skaparförmåga

The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.

skåpbil

A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

skapelse

A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.

skaperska

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

skäppa

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

skär

A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.

skära

To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

skära ner

(idiomatic, transitive) To reduce by paring or a similar gradual process.

skära upp

To cut meat in order to serve it.

skära ut

To form or shape by cutting.

skärande

That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.

skärare

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

skare

A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.