Swedish–English dictionary

tillstymmelse

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

tillsyn

The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.

tillsyningsman

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

tillsynsman

(figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.

tillsynsorgan

(figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.

tillta

(intransitive, sometimes, with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.

tilltagande

An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

tilltala

(transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.

tilltalende

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

tilltänkt

Planned.

tillträda

(intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]

tillträde

(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.

tilltrasslad

(intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.

tilltro

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.

tilltufsad

Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.

tillvägagångssätt

(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).

tillvälla sig

(transitive, uncommon) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right. [from 1530s]

tillvaro

The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

tillväxt

An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

tillväxttakt

The relative speed of change or progress. [from 18th c.]

tillverka

(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

tillverkare

Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.

tillverkning

(economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.

tilträdelse

The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.

Tim

A en given name of biblical origin, also borne by early Christian saints.

timbre

The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

timer

A device used to measure amounts of time.

timglas

A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.

timid

Lacking in courage or confidence.

timjan

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

timmer

Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

Timor

An island in the Sundas.

Timoteus

Either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy.

Timotheosbrev

Either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy.

tina

(transitive) To thaw something.

tinamo

Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.

tindra

To twinkle; to sparkle.

ting

(chiefly, historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

Tingeling

Anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers.

tingest

(slang) Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term.

tingord

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

tingshus

A public building housing courts of law.

tinning

(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.

tinnitus

(otolaryngology, pathology) The experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.

tio

The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.

tiofaldig

Ten times as much or as many.

tiofalt

By ten times as much.

tiokamp

An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.

tiokampare

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the decathlon.

tionde

Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.

tiondel

(machining) A tenth of a mil; a ten-thousandth of an inch.

tiotal

(nonce) The second decade of a century: the 1910s, the 2010s, etc. The tens.

tipi

A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.

tipp

A place where rubbish is discarded.

tippa

(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

tippning

(nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.

tips

A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [from mid-19th c.]

tiramisu

An Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee.

tisdag

The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.

tistel

This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.

tita

A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae.

titan

(Greek god) Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.

Titanic

The R.M.S. Titanic, an ocean liner, thought by the public to be unsinkable, that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg.

titta

Pay attention.

titta på

(transitive) To observe or watch.

tittare

One who observes, sees, or views something; an observer.

tittut

(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".

titulera

(transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.

Titus

The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.

Titusbrevet

The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.

tivoli

A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions.

tja

(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.

tjack

(slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.

Tjajkovskij

A transliteration of the Russian surname Чайко́вский (Čajkóvskij), usually applying to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

tjalla

(slang, derogatory, transitive) To inform authorities (about someone); to tell on (somebody).

tjallare

(slang) An informer, one who betrays their group.

tjäna

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

tjänare

A servant, especially a domestic servant.

tjänlig

Having a practical or beneficial use.

tjänst

(engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.

tjänsteålder

A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.

tjänsteflicka

A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.

tjänstefolk

A servant, especially a domestic servant.

tjänsteleverantör

(business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.

tjänsteman

A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.

tjänstgöra

(intransitive) To have a function.

tjära

(transitive) To coat with tar.

tjärn

(now, chiefly, dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.

tjata

(derogatory, usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain.

tjatt

(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

tjatta

To be engaged in informal conversation.

tjatter

Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.

tjattra

(intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.

tjeck

(countable) A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent.

tjeckisk

Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.

tjeckiska

Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.

tjeckoslovak

A native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia

Tjeckoslovakien

A former country in Central Europe, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

tjeckoslovakisk

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people.

tjej

(US, colloquial, slang, sometimes, dated) A woman or girl.

tjejbacill

(North America, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually, in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

tjejig

Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.

tjejtjusare

A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.

tjeka

(historical) The first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created in 1917.

tjena

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

tjenis

(informal) On intimate terms:

Tjernobyl

A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.

tjetjen

A member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

tjetjener

A member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

Tjetjenien

A republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus. Official name: Chechen Republic. Capital: Grozny.

tjetjensk

Of or relating to the Chechen people.

tjetjenska

Of or relating to the Chechen people.

tjing

(informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.

tjinuski

(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

tjock

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

tjockis

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

tjockna

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.

tjockskallig

Intellectually dull or dim-witted.

tjocksmock

(pejorative, slang) An obese person.

tjocktäcke

(British, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.

tjocktarm

(chiefly, medicine) A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

tjog

Twenty (20).

tjoho

(childish) An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion.

Tjotahejti

(slang, pejorative, humorous) A geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant.

tjuder

A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.

tjudra

(transitive) To restrict with, or as if with, a tether.

tjuft

The act of stealing property.

tjuga

(colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.

tjugo

The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

tjugolapp

(colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.

tjugonde

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

tjugondedel

One of twenty equal parts of a whole.

tjugondel

One of twenty equal parts of a whole.

tjugotalet

The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.

tjur

An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.

tjura

(intransitive) To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

tjurfäktare

One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.

tjurig

Dissatisfied and irritable.

tjurmarknad

(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise.

tjusare

A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.

tjuserska

A femme fatale.

tjusig

Chic, fashionable.

tjuta

(transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.

tjuv

One who carries out a theft.

tjuva

(transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.

tjuvaktig

Pertaining to a kleptocracy; characterised by rulers or leaders who are thieves.

tjuvande

The act of stealing property.

tjuveri

The act of stealing property.

tjuvfiska

(ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally.

tjuvfiske

Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.