Swedish–English dictionary

skivtallrik

(music) The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension) , a record player.

skjorta

(US) A collared shirt with buttons worn as part of a formal, business or business casual outfit.

skjul

A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

skjuta

(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

skjuta av

To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.

skjuta i höjden

(intransitive) To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

skjuta in

(transitive) To put in between or into.

skjuta upp

(intransitive) To delay, to wait.

skjuta ut

(, usually, _, intransitive) To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.

skjutbana

An area for practicing shooting at targets.

skjutning

(countable) an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon

skjuts

A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

skjutsa

(transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

skjutskicklighet

The ability to shoot accurately at a target.

skjutvapen

A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

skjuva

(physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.

skjuvning

(mathematics) A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.

sklera

(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.

skleros

(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.

sklerotisk

(figurative) Hard and insular; resistant to change.

sko

(transitive) To apply horseshoes to (a horse).

skoblock

A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.

skock

(by extension) Any group or gathering of related things, particularly one perceived as noisy, boisterous or chaotic.

skodd

Wearing shoes.

skodon

Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.

skoflickare

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

skog

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

skogbevuxen

Covered with trees.

skogig

Covered with trees.

skogklätt

Covered with trees.

skoglig

Covered with trees.

skogrik

Covered with trees.

skogsbeklädd

Covered in woods; wooded.

skogsbonde

(obsolete, or, colloquial) A person who lives in a forest.

skogsbruk

(uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.

skogsbrukare

(forestry) A person who practices forestry.

skogsdunge

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

skogsfinne

(obsolete, or, colloquial) A person who lives in a forest.

skogshöns

(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]

skogshuggare

A person whose work is to fell trees.

skogsman

(obsolete, or, colloquial) A person who lives in a forest.

skogsmästare

(forestry) A person who practices forestry.

skogsmurmeldjur

(Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

skogsskötsel

The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry.

skogsvetare

(forestry) A person who practices forestry.

skogsvetenskap

(uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.

skogvaktare

A person entrusted with protecting and preserving public forested land.

skoj

Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

skoja

(colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.

skojare

Someone who cheats.

skojig

Enjoyable or amusing.

sköka

A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.

skokartong

The box in which shoes are sold.

skola

Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.

skolarbete

Work done for school, including both in class and as homework.

skolbarn

A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.

skolbildning

(considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.

sköld

(zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.

sköldemärke

(heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.

sköldfot

(heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)

sköldhållare

(heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.

sköldhuvud

(sometimes, ironic) An informal term of address.

sköldpadda

Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.

skolflicka

A girl attending school.

skolgård

(outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]

skolios

(pathology) The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.

sköljning

The action of rinsing.

skolk

The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

skolka

(British, India) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').

skolkamrat

A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.

skolkare

(specifically) Of a student: absent from school without permission.

skolkatalog

(countable, US, education) A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty.

skolös

Without shoes; not wearing shoes

skölp

A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.

skolpojke

A boy attending school.

skolväsen

(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.

skomakare

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

skomakerska

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

skön

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

skona

To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.

skonare

(watercraft) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.

skonert

(watercraft) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.

skönhet

(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

skoningslös

Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

skoningslöst

In a merciless manner.

skönjbar

Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.

skönlitteratur

(archaic) Literature, particularly light compositions valued for their aesthetic properties.

skönmåla

(transitive) To present in a favorable light.

skonsam

Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.

skonsamhet

(uncountable) Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.

skönsvärde

(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory

skop

Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.

skopa

Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

skör

(figuratively) Readily disrupted or destroyed.

skörbjugg

(uncountable, disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.

skörd

The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.

skörda

(transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.

skördefest

(paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

skördeman

One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.

skördemaskin

A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.

skördetid

The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.

skörhet

The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

skorpa

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

skorpion

Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.

Skorpionen

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

skorra

(transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r".

skorrning

A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.

skorstenspipa

Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.

skörta upp

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

skosnöre

A lace used for fastening a shoe.

skosula

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

skot

(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

sköt iväg

To go up sharply.

sköta

(transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)

sköta om

To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. [from 17th c.]

sköta sig

(intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.

skoter

A small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

skötsel

The act or method of controlling or directing.

skotsk

Scottish.

skotska

A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.

skott

A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.

skotta

To move materials with a shovel.

skottar

(collective, with definite article, i. e. the Scottish) the people of Scotland.

skotte

A person born in or native to Scotland.

skottglugg

The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.

skottkärra

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

Skottland

A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.

skottlossning

(countable) an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon

skottsäker

(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.

skottskog

A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.

skov

(medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.

skovel

A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

skrå

A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid.

skräck

(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

skräckinjagande

frightening, especially in appearance.

skräcködla

(proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon.

skräddare

(not comparable) Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.

skräddarsy

To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.

skräddarsydd

Made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.

skrädderska

A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

skraffering

(art, drawing, drafting) A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.

skråkant

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

skråla

To cry or wail loudly.

skräll

(onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.

skraltig

Thin, malnourished, and weak.

skrämd

Surprised and slightly frightened.

skramla

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

skrämma

(intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

skrämmande

Threatening in appearance or demeanor.

skranglig

Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.