Swedish–English dictionary

bärnstensfärgad

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

barnunge

A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.

barnvagn

(US, Canada, Australia) A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.

barnvakt

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

barock

Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.

baron

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

baronessa

A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

barr

(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.

barriär

A structure that bars passage.

barrikadera

To close or block a road etc., as, or using, a barricade.

barrikera

To close or block a road etc., as, or using, a barricade.

barrträd

(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

bärsärk

(historical) Synonym of berserker (“a Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy”).

bärsärkagång

Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.

bärsele

A device used to carry a child, particularly one holding the child attached to the torso of an adult.

barskåp

A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.

bärstol

(countable, obsolete) A bed, especially a pile of straw with blankets &c. used as a bed.

bartender

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Bartolomaios

An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)

Bartolomeus

An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)

bas

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

basal

Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.

basalt

(mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

basar

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

baseboll

The ball used to play the sport of baseball.

basebollplan

(baseball) The infield of a baseball field.

basebollträ

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

basera

(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

baserad

(internet slang, sometimes, humorous) Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if simultaneously unpopular or controversial.

baserat

(Internet slang, sometimes, humorous) Indicating emphatic approval of a statement or opinion, often a controversial or unpopular one.

basgitarr

(musical instrument) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.

basilika

(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.

basis

A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.

basisk

(chemistry) Having a pH greater than 7.

basist

A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.

bask

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

basker

(headwear) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

basket

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

basketboll

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

baskisk

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

baskiska

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

basklav

The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.

baslinje

(tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.

bassäng

Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

bast

Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants (particularly the lime tree) and used for making ropes, cords and matting.

basta

(literary, poetic) (that's) enough; stop!

bästa vän

An especially close and trusted friend.

bastande

The act of using a sauna.

bäste

(countable) The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.

bäste vän

An especially close and trusted friend.

basthud

Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.

Bastiljen

A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.

bastion

A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.

bästis

An especially close and trusted friend.

bästsäljare

A book or other product that has sold in large numbers.

bastu

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

bastubadande

The act of using a sauna.

basun

A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).

båta

(intransitive, impersonal) To matter; to be relevant.

batalj

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

batch

(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

båthus

A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.

båtlass

(slang) A large quantity.

Batman

A fictional hero and the main protagonist of DC Comics, noted for his intellect and stealth, who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment (including a belt with an array of utilities) and is assisted by his sidekick Robin.

båtnad

(archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.

batong

(music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.

Batseba

(biblical character) In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David.

båtsman

(nautical) The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

batterist

(musician) One who plays the drums.

bättra

(transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).

bättre

Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

batyskaf

A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.

bautasten

(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.

bävan

A feeling of fear and reverence.

bäver

(countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

bävergäll

an organ of a beaver releasing a secretion for refining the animal’s fell, popular in perfumery as under the name castoreum, and formerly in medicine

Bayern

A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.

bayersk

Of, from or relating to the state of Bavaria, Germany.

bayerska

A native or inhabitant of the state of Bavaria, Germany.

bayou

A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

bayrare

A native or inhabitant of the state of Bavaria, Germany.

bazooka

(by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.

BBC

(preceded by “the”) Initialism of w:British Broadcasting Corporation.

BDSM

Sexual or non-sexual practices or activities involving bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism, or acts of domination and submission.

be

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

be om

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

beagle

A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.

beakta

To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

beaktansvärd

Significant; worth considering.

bearbeta

To change a text, or a document.

Beatlarna

An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.

Beatles

An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.

Beatrice

A en given name.

bebådelse

(Christianity) The announcement by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would give birth to a son, namely Jesus. Celebrated on 25th March.

bebo

(transitive) To live or reside in.

bebodd

Having inhabitants; lived in.

beboelig

Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

bebyggelse

A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.

beck

A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar.

beckasin

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

beckbyxa

(slang, dated) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.

beckkol

The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

becksvart

Very dark black in colour.

becquerel

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq

bedårande

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

bedarra

(intransitive, idiomatic) To pass naturally; to go away; to calm down or subside.

bedja

(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.

bedjare

One who prays.

bedöma

(intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

bedömning

An appraisal or evaluation.

bedöva

(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.

bedövning

(medicine, American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.

bedövningsmedel

(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.

bedra

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

bedraga

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

bedragare

One who cheats others.

bedrägeri

(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

bedräglighet

(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.

bedrift

A heroic or extraordinary deed.

bedriva otukt

(intransitive) To engage in fornication.

bedrövad

Anxious or uneasy.

bedrövelse

Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]

bedrövlig

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.

beduin

A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.

bedyra

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

Beethoven

A surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.

befälhavare

One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.

befalla

(ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

befallning

A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest. [from 12th c.]

befängd

Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. [from mid-16th c.]

befara

(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.

befästa

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

befästning

A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.

befästningskonst

The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.

befintlig

(now, rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]

befläcka

(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.

befogenhet

Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).

befolka

(transitive) To live or reside in.

befolkas

(intransitive) To become populous or populated.

befolkning

A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.

befordra

(transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.

befordran

An advancement in rank or position.

befrämjande

Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.

befria

To grant freedom from slavery, duty or servitude.

befriare

A person who frees or liberates.

befrielse

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

befrukta

To inseminate.

befruktning

The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.

befullmäktiga

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

begå

(transitive) To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.