Swedish–English dictionary

supersonisk

(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).

superstitiös

Susceptible to superstitions.

superstjärna

Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.

supinum

(grammar, also, attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.

supplera

(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.

support

Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

supposition

Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.

suput

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

sur

(chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.

sura

Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.

surdeg

(obsolete) Leaven; an agent that makes dough rise.

surfa

(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.

surfbräda

A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

surfbräde

A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

surkål

(countable, uncountable) A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.

surkart

(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person. [1579]

surmulen

Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

surna

(intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.

surnad

Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

surögd

Producing rheum from the mucous membranes; (also, figuratively) especially of the eyes: filled with rheum; watery.

surpuppa

A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.

surr

A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.

surra

(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

surrealism

(art) An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

surrealist

a surrealist artist

surrealistisk

of, or relating to surrealism

surrogatmödraskap

The practice of being a surrogate mother.

surt

The sensation of a sour taste.

susa

To move with a rushing or swirling sound

Susanna

A en given name.

sushi

(proscribed) Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.

suspekt

(informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.

suspendering

A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.

suspensoar

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.

sutenör

Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

sutra

A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.

sutur

(botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.

suverän

Exercising power of rule.

suveränitet

(by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.

svabb

A mop, especially on a ship.

svabba

(transitive) To use a swab on something, or clean something with a swab.

svacka

A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.

svada

A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

svag

Lacking in taste or flavor.

svågerpolitik

A political system based on personal relations rather than personal merits.

svaghet

weakness; defect

svajpa

(transitive, intransitive, computing, GUI) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.

sval

Of a mildly low temperature.

svala

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

svalg

(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

svälja

To react nervously by swallowing.

sväljning

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

svall

A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.

svälla

(intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

svallvåg

Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.

svalna

(intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

svält

(countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.

svälta

(intransitive) To be very hungry.

svamla

To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.

svämma över

(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

svammel

(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. [from 1782.]

svamp

(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

svan

Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.

Svanen

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo.

svänga

(intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.

svängig

(of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.

svängning

the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated

svångremspolitik

(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.

svängtapp

A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.

svanhane

A male swan.

svans

(orthography) A hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.

svanskota

(medical, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

svansrem

A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.

svår

(of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

svära

To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

svårbehandlad

(medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).

svärdfisk

A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.

svärdkamp

fighting with a sword

svärdsknapp

The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword or dagger.

svårfattlig

Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

svårhanterlig

Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

svårighet

The state of being difficult, or hard to do.

svårigheter

(colloquial) a series of frustrations

svärm

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

svärma

(transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.

svårmod

Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

svaromål

(legal) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.

svart

(of a location or setting) Without light.

svart lista

(legal, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.

svart tavla

A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.

svärta

(countable, and, uncountable) A black dye or pigment.

svärta ned

(transitive) To turn into a demon.

svärta ner

To defame or sully.

svartfot

A member of a North American confederacy of several tribes.

svartjobbare

A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

svartjobberska

A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

svartkonstbok

(occult) A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons.

svartlista

(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.

svartna

(intransitive, ergative) To become black.

svartsjuk

(obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

svartsjuka

(countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.

Svartskägg

The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.

svartskalle

(obsolete)

svartsyn

A general belief that bad things will happen.

svarv

(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

svarva

To shape with a lathe.

svarvare

A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.

svarvjärn

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

svarvning

The cutting of wood or metal on a lathe to shape it as needed.

svarvstol

(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

svassa

(transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.

svastika

(countable) A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

sväva

(transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.

svävare

(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

svavel

(biblical) The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.

svavla

(transitive) To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.

svear

(historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden

sveda

(transitive) To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.

svek

A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.

svendom

The state or characteristic of being a virgin.

svenne

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

svensk

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

svenska

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

svep

A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

svepa

(transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

svepning

Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.

svepskäl

A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

Sverige

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.

svetsa

(transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.

svetsare

One who welds, or wields.

svetsmaskin

An item of equipment for welding with: an electric welder.

svetsning

joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination, or

svett

The action or process of perspiring.

svettig

Covered in sweat.

svettning

The action or process of perspiring.

svika

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

svikt

A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.

svimning

The act of fainting, syncope.

svimningsanfall

A faint.

svin

(pejorative) A contemptible person (plural swine or swines).

svindel

Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.

svindel, yrsel

A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.

svindjur

Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.

svindla

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

svindlande

Producing giddiness.

svindlare

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

svinga

(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.

svinkött

(mostly, uncountable) The meat of a pig.

svinn

Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.

svinpäls

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.