Swedish–English dictionary

begagna

To make busy; to preoccupy.

begagnad

(of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.

begär

An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.

begära

(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

begäran

An order.

begärelse

An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.

begåvad

Highly intelligent.

begåvas

(transitive, usually in the, _, passive) To naturally furnish (with something).

begåvning

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

begivenhet

A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

begränsa

To limit narrowly; to restrict.

begränsad

Not free to move.

begränsning

(uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.

begråta

(transitive) To moan or complain about (something).

begrava

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

begravd

Placed in a grave at a burial.

begraven

Placed in a grave at a burial.

begravning

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

begravningsbyrå

The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

begravningsentreprenör

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

begravningsplats

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

begrepp

Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

begreppsklassordbok

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

begreppslig

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

begreppsmässig

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

begreppsordbok

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

begripa

(transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]

begriplig

Able to be comprehended.

begrips?

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

begrunda

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

begrundande

The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought

begum

a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in South Asia

begynna

(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

begynnelse

(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

begynnelsebokstav

The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).

behå

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

behag

Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.

behaga

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

behagfull

Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.

behagfullt

In a graceful manner.

behaglig

Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. [from 18th c.]

behålla

(ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.

behållare

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

behändig

Capable of doing many things competently.

behandla

(transitive) To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.

behandling

Medical care for an illness or injury.

behärska

(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

Behemot

(Bible) A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.

behörighet

The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.

behornad

Having horns.

behov

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.

behöva

(transitive) To need, thrive on.

behövande

Poor; destitute; in need.

behövlig

Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

beige

A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

beigel

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

Beirut

The capital and largest city of Lebanon.

beivra

(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.

bejublad

famous or widely praised

bekämpa

(intransitive) To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

bekämpningsmedel

Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

bekänna

(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.

bekännelse

The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).

bekant

(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. [from 14th c.]

bekanta sig

(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.

bekantskap

(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]

beklaga

(transitive) To moan or complain about (something).

beklagansvärd

To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion; lamentable.

bekostnad

(finance) Paid for by an individual or group.

bekräfta

(transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).

bekräftelse

Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

bekräftelsebehov

The characteristic of being needy.

bekväm

Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. [from 18th c.]

bekvämlighet

A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

bekymmer

(countable, uncountable) Worry.

bekymmerslös

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

bekymmerslöst

Without care, concern, or consideration.

bekymra

(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

bekymrad

Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

belackare

A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

belagd

(linguistics) Of words or languages, proven to have existed by records.

belagd med flygförbud

(aviation, of an airman or aircraft) Not allowed to fly.

belägg

(linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.

belägga

(transitive) To cover with a coating of some material.

belägga med flygförbud

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

beläggning

The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.

belägrad

Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.

belägring

(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.

belägringstorn

(historical) A siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them.

belåna

(transitive, legal) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.

Belarus

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.

beläsenhet

Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.

beläst

Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

belasta

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

belastad

Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.

belastning

The likelihood of something happening.

belåten

Pleased; happy; gratified.

belåtenhet

The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.

beledsaga

(intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.

belevad

Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.

Belfast

The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.

belgare

Of, from, or pertaining to Belgium or the Belgian people.

Belgien

A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.

belgier

A person from Belgium or of Belgian descent.

belgisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Belgium or the Belgian people.

belgiska

A person from Belgium or of Belgian descent.

Belgrad

The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.

Belize

An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.

belöna

(transitive) To give a reward to or for.

belöning

(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.

belöpa sig

(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.

belopp

A quantity of money.

Belsebub

(Christianity) Satan, the Devil.

belysa

(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.

belysning

The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.

belyst

Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.

bemäktiga sig

To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

bemanna

(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

bemannad

Operated by, performed by, or transporting a person; crewed; piloted; staffed.

bemärkelse

The meaning, reason, or value of something.

bemärkelsedag

The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

bemästra

(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

bemyndiga

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

bemyndigande

The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).

ben

(printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.

bena

(ambitransitive) To remove the bones from.

bena ur

To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

benägen

(figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.

benägenhet

A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.

benämna

(transitive) To designate for a role.

benämning

That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

benbrott

(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.

Benelux

An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

benfri

(US, humorous) Without pizza crust; without pizza bones

bengal

A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.

Bengalen

A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).

bengali

A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.

bengalisk

Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.

bengaliska

A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.

Benghazi

A port city in eastern Libya.

Bengt

(countable) A en given name, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.

benhård

(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.

benign

(medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

Benin

A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.

benlöja

A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

benlös

(not comparable) Without legs.

benrangel

(idiomatic) A skinny, malnourished person or animal.

bensen

(organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.

bensin

(uncountable, North America, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

bensinförbrukning

The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.