Swedish–English dictionary

sprätt

(archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.

sprattelgubbe

(dated) A toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string.

spraya

To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).

sprayburk

(countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.

sprejburk

(countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.

spricka

(transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.

spricka ut

(intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

sprida

(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.

spridas

(intransitive) To become widespread.

spridd

Widespread or preferred.

spridning

The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.

springa

A narrow opening.

springa naken

(intransitive) To run naked in public.

springande

(heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture. Gules, a reindeer salient or (arms of Vågå).

springare

(chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.

springbock

A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.

springbrunn

An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.

springkniv

A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.

sprinkler

An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.

sprinta

(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.

sprinterlopp

A short race at top speed.

sprit

Alcoholic beverages in general.

sprite

(computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.

spritt språngande naken

(chiefly, British, slang) Completely nude.

spritta

(transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.

spröjs

(architectural element) A vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.

spröt

(zoology) The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.

sprudla

To be stocked to overflowing.

sprudlande

(informal) Cheerful, lively.

sprut

A small, quick stream; a jet.

spruta

(British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)

spruta in

(transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.

spurt

A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.

spurta

(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.

sputnik

(historical) Any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first one in 1957.

spy

(slang) To vomit.

spya

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang) Vomit. [from 1950.]

spyboll

Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.

spydig

(informal, often humorous) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.

spydighet

(US) Backtalk, cheek, sarcasm.

spygatt

A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.

SQL

(computer language, databases) Initialism of Structured Query Language.

squash

(British, Ireland, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.

st.

Abbreviation of piece.

stå

To occupy a place.

stå emot

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

stå i maskopi

(intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire

stå och väga

(intransitive) To be in equilibrium.

stå ut

To withstand or put up with a difficult situation. [20th c.]

stå ut med

(transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th c.]

stabil

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.

stabilisering

(uncountable) The process of stabilizing.

stack

(computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. [from 20th c.]

stäcka

(transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.

stackare

(informal, transitive, intransitive) To behave in the manner of a lame duck.

stad

(weaving) The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.

städa

(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.

städare

A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.

städerska

A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.

stadfästa

(figurative, law) To protect (an idea, ideal, or philosophy) within an official law or treaty.

stadga

A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

stadgad

Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

stadgeenlig

Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.

stadig

Without great variation.

stadighet

The state of being steady.

stadion

(historical) A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.

stadsbo

A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

stadsdel

A residential complex in a current or former communist country, chiefly one which was previously part of the Soviet Union; a microdistrict.

städsegrön

Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.

stadsfru

A woman who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

stadsman

A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

stående

The act of standing.

stafett

(athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions. [from 19th c.]

stafettpinne

(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

staffli

An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

stafylokock

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.

stag

A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.

stagflation

(economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. [from 1965]

stagnation

Inactivity.

stagnera

To cease to develop, advance, or change; to become idle.

stagnerande

Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.

ståhej

A fuss, uproar, commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.

staka

To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

stake

(in the plural) Courage.

staket

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

stål

(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

stålar

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang) Money.

Stalin

A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.

Stalingrad

(historical) Former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961.

stalinism

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

stalka

(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.Wp

stall

(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.

ställa

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

ställa in

(transitive) To modify.

ställa in fokus

(transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.

ställa in skärpan

(transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.

ställa inför rätta

(with on, (archaic) for) To officially charge someone in a court of law.

ställa på marken

(transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.

ställa sig i kö

(intransitive) To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.

ställa sig in

(reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.

ställa sig upp

(intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

ställa till freds

(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

ställa till frids

(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

ställa upp

(transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.

ställa ut

(intransitive) To put on a public display.

ställbar

Able to vary or be varied.

stallbroder

(informal, originally, Cambridge University) A close friend.

ställd

Unsure how to act or respond; bewildered, perplexed. [from early 17th c.]

stalldräng

A person who looks after horses.

ställe

(chiefly, US, _, slang, may be somewhat, _, pejorative) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).

stalledräng

A person who looks after horses.

ställföreträdande

Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.

ställföreträdare

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

ställning

(legal) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.

Stålmannen

A fictional comic-book superhero with superhuman strength and speed, X-ray vision, and the ability to fly. [from 1933.]

stålsätta

(transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

ståltråd

To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

stam

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

stam-

Of or relating to tribes.

stambana

(rail transport) Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.

stämd

(of a musical instrument) Tuned to the correct pitch.

stamgäst

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.

stamina

Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.

stämjärn

A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.

stamknöl

A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.

stamkund

A frequent customer, client or business partner.

stämma

(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

stämma överens

(intransitive) To correspond or agree. [with with]

stämning

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.

stamord

(linguistics, philology) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.

stamp

An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.

stampa

(intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.

stämpel

An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.

stämpla

(transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.

stämskruv

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

stamtavla

(countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.

stamträd

A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]

stan

Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures.

stånd

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

ståndaktig

Able, or easily able to be depended on.

ståndaktigt

In a steadfast manner; firmly; with conviction

standar

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

standard

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

standardalternativ

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

standardinställning

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

standardinställningar

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

standardisera

To make to conform to a standard.

standardiserad

designed or constructed in a standard manner

standardval

A selection made in the absence of an alternative.

ståndare

(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.