Swedish–English dictionary

söndra

(intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.

sonett

A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.

sonisk

Of or relating to sound.

Sonja

A en given name.

sonson

A son of one's child.

sop

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

sopa

(transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.

sopare

One who sweeps floors or chimneys.

sopborste

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

sopcontainer

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

sopor

Litter and discarded refuse.

sopp

A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their flavour; any species of said order that produces such a fruiting body.

sopskyffel

A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.

soptipp

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

soptunna

A container for rubbish or waste.

sorbet

A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.

sordin

(music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. [from 18th c.]

sorg

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.

sorgfri

Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty.

sorglig

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

sorglös

carefree or untroubled

sorgsen

Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

sorgsenhet

(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.

sörja

(transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

sork

Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.

sörpla

(transitive) To eat or drink noisily.

sort

A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]

sortera

(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.

sorterad

In order, not messy, tidy.

sortering

An act of sorting.

sorteringsalgoritm

(computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.

sorti

The process of exiting or leaving.

sortiment

Anything that can be chosen.

söt

Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

sötad

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

söthet

The condition of being sweet (all senses).

sothöna

Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

sotig

Stained or covered with grime.

sötis

A cute person or animal.

sötma

The condition of being sweet (all senses).

sötningsmedel

Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.

sötnos

A cute person or animal.

sötsak

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

sötsliskig

Excessively sweet.

sotsvamp

Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.

sött

In a pleasant manner.

sötvattens-

Living in fresh water.

Söul

The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.

souvenir

An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.

sova med

(intransitive) To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.

sövande

(pharmaceutical effect) Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing

sovare

Someone who sleeps.

sovdags

The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

sovel

(Britain, dialectal) A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.

sovjet

(historical) A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.

sövning

The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.

sovplats

The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.

sovrum

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

sovsal

A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

spå

(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.

spå i kort

Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand.

späcka

(cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.

spackel

A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.

spad

(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

späda

To dilute.

späda ut

(transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.

spädbarn

A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.

spade

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.

spader

(obsolete)

spådom

The act or practice of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature.

spagat

(dance, cheerleading, gymnastics) A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.

spagetti

(countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

spaghetti

(countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

spak

A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).

späka

(transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]

spåkvinna

A person who professes to predict the future in return for money.

spaljé

An outdoor garden frame that can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants.

spalt

A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

spam

(uncountable, rarely, countable, computing, Internet) Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.

spåman

A person who professes to predict the future in return for money.

spamma

(transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To send messages repeatedly, often with disruptive effect; to flood.

spån

The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.

spana

(intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.

spänd

Under tension; tense.

spaniel

Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.

Spanien

A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.

spaning

The act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.

spanjor

A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.

spanjorerna

(collective plural) People of Spain, collectively.

spanjorska

A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.

spankulera

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

spann

The amount held in this container.

spänna

(obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).

spänna fast

(intransitive, idiomatic) To fasten one's seat belt or safety belt.

spänna för

(transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.

spänna upp

(mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.

spännande

Creating or producing excitement.

spänne

A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.

spänning

(countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

spannmål

(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

spannmålsbod

A granary; a store of grain.

spannmålsmagasin

A granary; a store of grain.

spänntand

Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

spansk

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.

spansk körvel

Myrrhis odorata, a plant in the genus Myrrhis, in the family Apiaceae.

spansk ryttare

(military) Ellipsis of Czech hedgehog (“an antitank obstacle constructed from three steel rails”).

spanska

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.

spanskgrönt

The color of this patina or material.

spanskspråkig

Spanish-speaking

spansktalande

Spanish-speaking

spänst

(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.

spänstig

Lively, vigorous. [from 1859]

spår

A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.

spara

(transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers.

spåra ur

(transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.

sparare

One who saves.

spark

The action of swinging a foot or leg.

sparka

(US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.

sparkad

dismissed, terminated from employment.

sparkboll

(sports, uncountable) A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit.

sparken

(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.

sparning

(computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.

spärr

A structure that bars passage.

spärra

(transitive) To create a blockade against.

sparre

(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

spärrhake

A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

sparris

The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

sparsam

Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.

sparsamhet

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

sparsamt

In a sparing manner; with frugality, moderation, scantiness, reserve, forbearance, or the like; sparsely.

Sparta

An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training.

Spartacus

A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

spartansk

Lacking in decoration and luxury.

sparv

A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.

spårväg

(chiefly, UK, Ireland) The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.

spårvagnsräls

(chiefly, UK, Ireland) The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.

sparvfink

A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.

spasm

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

spatel

(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

spatiös

Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

speaker

One who makes announcements.

speca

(transitive) To specify, especially in a formal specification document.

specerihandlare

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

specialavsnitt

A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.

specialerbjudande

A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.

specialiserad

Highly skilled in, or specifically adapted to, a specific field.

specialisering

The act or process of specializing.

specialitet

The area in which someone specializes.

speciell

Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.

speciellt

(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.