Swedish–English dictionary

skärgård

(collective, geography) A group of islands.

skärm

(US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

skärma

Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

skärning

The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.

skarp

Intense; sensitive; sharp.

skärpa

Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

skarprättare

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

skarpsinnig

Quickly and critically discerning.

skarpskytt

A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

skärsår

An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.

skärsax

(glassblowing) a tool used in manual production of glass objects (like bottles or wine glasses).

skärseld

(Christianity) An intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification.

skärskåda

(transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.

skarv

A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.

skärva

(by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.

skarvdon

A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.

skata

A well-known black-and-white corvid species, Pica pica, of Eurasian distribution.

skatare

An inhabitant or a resident of Samothrace.

skateboarda

(intransitive) To use a skateboard.

skateboardåkning

The act of riding on a skateboard.

skatt

A tax; tribute.

skatteåterbäring

(taxation, finance) A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.

skattebetalare

A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax.

skattelättnad

A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.

skattgömma

(geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.

skattkammare

A place where treasure is stored safely.

skattmästare

The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

skattning

(mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.

skav

Injury or wear caused by friction.

skava

(ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.

skavank

A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.

skavning

The act by which something is chafed.

skävor

A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching

skavsår

Injury or wear caused by friction.

ske

To occur, to take place.

sked

The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

skeda

(intransitive, dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.

skede

(medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.

skeende

Something that happens.

skejta

To skateboard.

skejtande

The act of riding on a skateboard.

skela

(intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.

skeleton

(sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.

skelett

(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

sken

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

sken-

Imitation, not genuine; fake.

skena

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

skenbar

Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.

skenbar magnitud

(uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude

skenbart

(modal) Seemingly, apparently, on the surface; supposedly, according to representations or implications made by someone (especially when their motives are suspected by others).

skenben

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: w:Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

skengrav

A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

skenhelig

Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. [from mid-16th c.]

skenmanöver

(uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.

skenspråk

Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.

skepnad

An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.

skepp

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

skeppa

(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

skeppa ut

(transitive) To sell (goods) to a foreign country.

Skeppar-Kalle

A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach.

skeppare

(nautical) The master of a ship.

skeppsbåt

(nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.

skeppsbrott

(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

skeppsbruten

Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.

skeppsdagbok

(nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.

skeppsnäbb

The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.

skeppsskorpa

(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.

skeppsvarv

A place where ships are built and repaired.

skeppsvrak

A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.

skeptiker

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

skeptisk

Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe. [from 16th c.]

sketch

A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show.

skev

Set at an angle; not vertical or square.

skick

(countable) A style or manner in which something is done.

skicka

(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

skickelse

The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

skicklig

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

skicklighet

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

skickligt

In an able manner; with great ability. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

skida

The outer covering of a fruit or seed.

skidåkare

One who skis.

skidåkerska

One who skis.

skidåkning

(sports) A group of sports using skis as primary equipment.

skidskytte

(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

skiffer

(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

skifferbrott

(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.

skiffergrå

Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.

skifferplatta

(countable) A roofing-tile made of slate.

skift

A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.

skifta

(intransitive, sometimes, reflexive, and, figurative) To change position; to move.

skiftnyckel

(British) An adjustable hand tool for tightening and loosening nuts and bolts.

skikt

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

skild

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

skildra

To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]

skilja

(intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.

skilja åt

(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

skilja av

(transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

skilja sig

(intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.

skilja ut

(transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

skiljande

A separation of connected things.

skiljas

(transitive) To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.

skiljd

Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

skiljedom

A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.

skiljedomare

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

skiljeman

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

skiljetecken

A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).

skiljeväg

(figurative) A critical point marking a change in course or development.

skiljs åt

To show or be the difference or distinction between things.

skillingtryck

The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

skillnad

(uncountable) The quality of being different.

skilsmässa

The legal dissolution of a marriage.

skimmer

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.

skimra

Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.

skimrande

Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

skina

(intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.

skinande

Reflecting light.

skingra

(transitive) To order to leave.

skingras

(ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

skingring

The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.

skinhead

(countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.

skinka

(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.

skinkor

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

skinn

(countable) The skin of an animal.

skinna

(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.

skinnskalle

A person with little or no head hair. (This entry is a translation hub.)

skinnskrapa

A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

skip

(mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.

skippa

(transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

skipper

(curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.

skir

Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.

skirat smör

A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.

skiss

A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.

skissa

(transitive) To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.

skissartad

Roughly or hastily laid out; intended for later refinement.

skissbok

A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.

skissera

To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.

skit

Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.

skita ner

(transitive) To make (something) dirty.

skitful

(slang, vulgar) Extremely ugly.

skithuspapper

(North America, informal, mildly, vulgar, offensive, or, derogatory) An annoying, contemptible, or worthless person.

skitig

Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

skitprat

(slang) Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).

skitsak

Something of less importance than its treatment suggests; also, something which is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact.

skitsamma

(colloquial) A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further. Sometimes conceived as an ellipsis of whatever you say, implying feigned deference: whatever you say [apparently must be true].

skitsnack

(mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.

skitstövel

(figuratively, US, _, slang, vulgar)

skitunge

(slang, countable) A contemptible child.

skiva

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

skivspelare

A device for playing phonograph records.

skivstång

A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.