Swedish–English dictionary

våghalsig

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

väghyvel

A machine used to sort food by size or quality.

vaginal

(relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.

vägkant

The area on either side of a road.

vägkors

A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

vägkorsning

(figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.

vägkost

(often, figurative) Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey.

vägkrog

(chiefly, US) An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.

våglängd

(physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.

vagn

A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.

vägning

The process by which something is weighed.

vagnretur

On a typewriter or computer printer, the action that returns it to the beginning of the next line.

vagnsätt

(Britain, originally, Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.

vagnshjul

The wheel of a cart.

vagnslåda

(obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.

vagnsmakare

(chiefly, historical) A craftsman who makes carts.

vägport

A road or rail underpass.

vägpunkt

Any mapped reference point on a route that can be easily identified.

vägra

(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).

vägran

The act of refusing.

vågrät

Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

vågrätt

(crosswords) Horizontally.

vägren

The area on either side of a road.

vågrörelse

A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.

vägskäl

(figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.

vågskura

(heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.

vägspärr

Something that blocks or obstructs a road.

vågspel

A risky venture.

vågstycke

(uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

vågsvall

A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.

vägtrumma

A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

vägtull

A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.

vägval

(metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.

vaja

(transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.

vak

An open space in the ice on a river or lake.

vaka

An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.

vaken

Attentive; awake; on guard.

vakenhet

Inclination to be mindful or aware.

vakna

(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.

vaksam

Excessively careful; cautious.

vaksamhet

Alert watchfulness.

vakt

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

vakta

(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

väktare

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

vaktbolag

An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.

vaktel

Coturnix coturnix, a bird in pheasant family.

vakthund

A dog used to protect a property or its owner.

vakthus

A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.

vaktkur

A small rectangular shelter.

vaktmästare

Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.

vaktpass

A particular time period when guarding is kept.

vaktpatrull

A person or group of people who guard.

vaktpost

An assigned station; a guard post.

vakttorn

(architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

val

An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

väl tilltagen

Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.

val-

Of, or relating to elections.

valbar

Able to be elected to office.

välbärgad

(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.

välbärgade

Wealthy or well off.

välbefinnande

A state of health, happiness or prosperity.

välbehållen

(idiomatic) Having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.

välbekant

Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.

välboren

Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.

vald

(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

Valdemar

(rare) A en given name.

väldig

(colloquial) Great; excellent.

väldigt

(US, Canada) Very, extremely.

väldigt lite

Very small.

väldoftande

Of a pleasant smell.

våldsam

Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.

våldsamt anfall

A fierce attack.

våldsverkan

Widespread fighting.

våldta

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

valen

Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.

Valentin

An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.

valfångare

One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.

valfångst

The practice of hunting whales.

valfångstfartyg

(nautical) A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.

välfärd

(uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.

valfisk

Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.

valfläsk

(US politics, slang, pejorative) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.

valfri

Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

valfritt

Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

välgång

(uncountable, economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.

välgörande

Pertaining to charity.

välgörare

Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.

välgörenhet

(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.

välgörenhets-

Pertaining to charity.

välgörenhetsorganisation

An organization with charitable purposes only.

Valhall

(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.

validera

(transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.

välja

(intransitive) To choose; select.

välja bort

(transitive) To not select; to rule out of selection.

välja ut

To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.

väljare

(politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.

väljarinna

Someone who votes.

väljarkår

The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

valka

To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

valkare

A person who fulls cloth.

välkommen

Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

välkomna

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

välkomnande

hospitable, accessible and cordial.

välkomnas

(intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

välkomst

The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.

valkrets

(politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials.

valkyria

(Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

vall

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.

valla

(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

vallabyunge

Ellipsis of joey word.

vållande av kroppsskada

(legal) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.

vallfärd

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

vallfärda

To go on a pilgrimage.

vallfärdare

One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.

vallgrav

A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

välling

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

välljudande

Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.

vallon

A native or inhabitant of Wallonia.

vällukt

A pleasant smell or odour.

vällust

Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.

vällustig

Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.

vällusting

Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.

välmående

Wealthy or well off.

valman

Someone who votes.

valmanna-

Of, or relating to elections.

valmannakår

The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

valmans-

Of, or relating to elections.

valmanskår

The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

valmöjlighet

One of a set of choices that can be made. [from 19th c.]

valmöte

A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

vålnad

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

valnöt

A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

valnötsträ

Wood of the walnut tree.

valnötsträd

A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

valör

The amount or value listed on a bill, card, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount.

valp

A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog.

valpsjuka

(archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.

valross

A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

vals

One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.

valsa

(ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.

valsedel

(originally) A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.

välsigna

(Perl, _, programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

välsignelse

(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

välska

(uncountable) The Welsh language. [from 10th c.]

välskapt

(of a part of the body) Well-formed; shapely. [from 14th c.]

välsmakande

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

valspråk

(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.

välstånd

The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.

välta

To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.

vältajmad

Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.