Swedish–English dictionary

vördad

Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.

vördade

Respected or given reverence.

vördnad

Great respect.

vördnadsfull

Showing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.

vördsam

Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.

vört

(brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.

vot

A person from Votia or of Votic descent.

vov

Representing the sound of a dog barking.

vovve

(countable, childish, or, endearing) A dog, especially a small one.

voyeur

A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.

vräka

(transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.

vrakgods

Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

vräkighet

Show; ostentation; glory.

vräkning

The act of evicting.

vrål

The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.

vråla

(transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.

vrång

Not fair, just or right.

vränga

(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.

vred

(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.

vrede

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

vredesutbrott

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

vricka

To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.

vrida

(transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.

vrida sig

(intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.

vrida upp

(transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.

vrida ur

Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.

vriden

contorted

vridmoment

(physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.

vridning

Act of turning on one foot.

vridningspunkt

(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.

vrist

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

vristlänk

A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.

vt

Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.

vulgär

Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.

vulkan

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

vulkankrater

(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]

vulkanutbrott

A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.

vulst

(heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge.

vulva

(anatomy) The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

vurm

Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.

vuxen

Fully grown.

vuxendom

The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

vuxenhet

The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

VVS

(often, attributive) Initialism of w:heating, ventilation, and air conditioning: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them.

vy

A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.

vykort

(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.

vyssja

(transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm

waila

(slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.

Wales

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

walesisk

Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16thc.]

walesiska

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

walk over

To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

wampum

(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

wannabe

(informal, derogatory, often, attributive) Someone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.

wasabi

A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (syn. Wasabia japonica).

watt

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

waypoint

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

wc

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.

webb

(Internet) Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.

webbinarium

An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.

webbkamera

(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.

webbplats

(Internet) A website.

webbsajt

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

webbsida

(Internet) A website.

weber

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.

wedge

(golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.

weekend

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

Wellington

(card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

western

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whiplashskada

(countable) The lash of a whip.

Whiskey sour

A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.

whisky

(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey.

WHO

Initialism of World Health Organization.

wiccan

A follower of Wicca.

wiccansk

Of or pertaining to the neo-pagan religion of Wicca.

Wien

A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria.

wienare

An inhabitant or resident of Vienna.

wienerbröd

A sweet and flaky yeast-raised roll made from a dough using butter or margarine and filled with remonce (butter and sugar) or custard.

wiensk

Of or relating to Vienna (the capital of Austria).

wienska

An inhabitant or resident of Vienna.

wigwam

A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.

wiki

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

Wikipedia

A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wiktionary

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

wire

A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.

wok

Food cooked in this manner.

woka

(transitive) To fry quickly in hot oil whilst constantly stirring, especially in a wok or similar pan.

woke

(originally, AAVE, slang) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues.

wokpanna

(cookware) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

Wolfgang

A German en given name.

workshop

A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.

wow

Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.

wrap

A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.

Xavier

Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).

xenofobi

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

xenofobisk

Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

xenon

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

XML

(computer languages, file format) Initialism of Extensible Markup Language, a flexible text format for creating structured computer documents in machine-readable form.

xylofon

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

yacht

(watercraft) A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.

Yahoo!

(internet, trademark) A web portal and search engine located at yahoo.com.

Yale-universitetet

A university in the eastern United States.

yang

(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.

Yangtze

The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.

Yap

An island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.

yard

(obsolete) The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16+1⁄2 feet.

yeeha

(chiefly, Southern US, and, Western US) An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys.

yeehaw

(chiefly, Southern US, and, Western US) An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys.

Yehuda

(biblical character) The fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez.

Yemen

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.

yen

The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

yeti

(cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

Yggdrasil

(Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds.

yin

(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.

yla

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

ylande

The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.

ylle

The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.

ymnig

Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ymnigt

In great quantity or abundance; in a profuse manner.

ymp

(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

ympa

(transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.

ympkvist

(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

ympning

(horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

yngel

Young fish; fishlings.

yngling

A young person.

yngre

(of a sibling) Younger.

yngre stenålder

The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

yngst

Most recently begun or formed.

yngsta

Most recently begun or formed.

ynklig

(figuratively, informal) Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount. [from mid 19th c.]

ynkligt liten

Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak. [from 16th c.]

ynkling

A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution.

yoga

Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.

yoghurt

A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.

yogi

(yoga) A devotee or adherent of yoga. [from 17th c.]

yorkbo

A habitational surname from Old English from the city or the county; See also Yorke.

Youtube

A video-sharing website.

yppig

(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

yr

Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.

yrke

A professional occupation.

yrkeskunnig

Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.

yrkesman

(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.

yrkesmässigt

In a professional manner.

yrkesmördare

A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.

yrkesperson

A person who belongs to a profession.

yrselframkallande

Producing giddiness.

ysta sig

(transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.

yster

(figuratively) Lighthearted and lively.

yta

(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

ytlig

Hasty or superficial.