Swedish–English dictionary

åder

(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

åderlåta

(transitive, literally) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.

åderlåtning

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

aderton

The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

adertonde

The ordinal form of the number eighteen.

adhd

(informal) as of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

adjektiv

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

adjö

A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

adjunkt

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

adlig

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

administration

(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

administrativ

Of or relating to administering or administration.

administratör

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

administrera

(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.

admittans

(physics) The reciprocal of impedance

Adolf

A en given name.

adonis

A beautiful man.

adoptera

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

adoption

The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.

ådra

(anatomy) A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.

ådra sig

(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

adrenalin

(hormone) Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

adressat

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

adressikon

(web design) An icon associated with a particular website, and typically displayed in the address bar of a browser viewing the site.

aducera

To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.

advent

(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.

advokat

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

advokatsamfund

(law, metonym, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.

Aegidius

A en given name.

aerob

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

aerobics

A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music. [1968]

aerobisk

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

aerodynamik

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.

aerodynamisk

Of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics.

aeronautik

The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects

aerosol

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

afar

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

afasi

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

affär

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

affärer

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

affärsklass

(travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.

affärskvinna

A woman involved in business.

affärsman

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

affekt

Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.

affisch

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

affischera

(transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

affix

(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix.

affrikata

(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.

afghan

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

Afghanistan

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

afghansk

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan.

afghanska

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

aforism

A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.

aforistisk

Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so.

Afrika

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

afrikan

Of or pertaining to Africa.

afrikand

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.

afrikansk

Of or pertaining to Africa.

afro

hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.

afro-

African

afrodisiakum

Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.

Afrodite

(Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.

aftershave

a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving

afton

The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.

aftonringning

(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.

äga

An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18th c.]

äga rum

(transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.

Agamemnon

(Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.

ägande

Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.

ägande-

Of or relating to property or ownership.

agape

(uncountable, Christianity) The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.

ägare

One who owns something.

Agata

A en given name.

Agda

A en given name.

agenda

A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

agent

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.

agentur

The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.

agera

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.

agera värd

To perform the role of a host.

agg

(countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.

äggcell

(cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

äggläggare

A hen kept to lay eggs; a breed of chicken bred to maximize laying output.

ägglikör

A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.

ägglossning

(physiology) The release of an ovum from an ovary.

agglutinerande

(grammar) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.

äggplanta

(North America, AU, NZ, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.

aggregera

(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

aggression

The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

aggressor

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

äggstock

(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

äggtoddy

A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.

äggula

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.

äggvita

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

agitator

One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

agitprop

(uncountable, also, attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

agn

Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

agna

(transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

ägnad

Suitable to one’s needs.

Agnes

A en given name.

agnosi

(neurology) The inability to recognise objects by use of the senses.

agnosticism

The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.

agnostiker

A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.

agnostisk

Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.

ägodel

(countable, mostly, in the plural) Something physical that is owned.

agonist

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

agorafobi

The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.

agorism

(politics, economics) A revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).

agrar

Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.

agreabel

Pleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.

agrikulturell

Of or pertaining to agriculture.

agronomi

The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.

agronomisk

Of or pertaining to agronomy.

ah

Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

aha

An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition.

aha-upplevelse

(idiomatic) The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant realization, becomes clear.

Ahab

A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.

Ahasveros

A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.

åhoj

(nautical) Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.

åhörare

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

aids

(disease) Acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. [from 1982]

aina

(usually, in the plural, slang) A police officer.

airbag

(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.

aj

An expression in sympathy at another's pain.

aj aj aj

An expression in sympathy at another's pain.

aj då

An expression in sympathy at another's pain.

AK-47

The Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle or any similar rifle built to this design.

åka

(intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

åka bräda

(intransitive) To use a skateboard.

åka skateboard

(intransitive) To use a skateboard.

åka skidor

(transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

åka skridsko

To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.

åka skridskor

To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.

åka snowboard

To ride a snowboard.

akacia

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

akaciaträd

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

akademiker

A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

akademiledamot

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

akademimedlem

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

åkallan

The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.

åkattraktion

An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.

åkermark

Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.

åkerren

The unplowed boundary of a field.

Akilles

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

åklagarsidan

(legal) In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor.

akleja

Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.

akne

A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

akrobat

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

akrobatik

The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.

akronym

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

Akropolis

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)