Swedish–English dictionary

böhmare

A native or resident of Bohemia. [from 16th c.]

Böhmen

A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.

böhmisk

Of, or relating to Bohemia or its language. [from 16th c.]

böj

A curve.

böja

(intransitive) To become curved.

bojar

(historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.

böjas

(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

böjbar

Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.

böjd

(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.

böjelse

A tendency.

bojkott

The act of boycotting.

bojkotta

(transitive) To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

böjlig

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

böjning

(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.

bok

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

boka

(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.

bokbinderi

A building where books are assembled and bound.

bokbindning

The art, craft or process of binding books.

bokföra

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

bokföring

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

bokhållare

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

bokhandel

A business that sells books.

bokhandlare

A person engaged in the business of selling books.

bokhylla

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

boklåda

A business that sells books.

bokmal

Any of various insects that infest books.

bokning

An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.

bokrygg

The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.

bokskåp

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

bokslukare

(figurative) An avid book reader.

bokstav

A symbol in an alphabet.

bokstavera

(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]

bokstavlig

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.

bokstavligen

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

bokstavligt talat

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

bokuppslag

Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.

bokvolym

The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.

böl

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

bolag

(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

böld

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

bolid

An extremely bright meteor.

Bolivia

A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

bolivian

A person from Bolivia or of Bolivian descent.

boliviansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Bolivia, or the Bolivian people.

bolivianska

A person from Bolivia or of Bolivian descent.

bölja

A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound

böljande

(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.

böljegång

A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.

böljning

(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.

boll

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

bollinnehav

(Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.

Bologna

The capital city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna.

bolsjevik

(historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.

bolsjevism

The Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism.

bolster

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

bom

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

bomb

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

bomba

(transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

bombardera

(transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

bombare

A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.

bombattentat

The action of placing and detonating bombs.

Bombay

(dated) The former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India.

bombman

A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.

bombnedslag

(by extension) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.

bombning

The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.

bomma

(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

bön

A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.

böna

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

Bonaventura

A surname transferred from the given name.

bond-

Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.

bonde

A rustic, peasant.

bondeförvandling

(chess) Transformation of a pawn into a piece (by reaching the opponent's back rank).

bondestenålder

The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

bondfångare

A gag toy, used to play practical jokes, that traps the victim's fingers in both ends of a small cylinder woven from bamboo.

bondfångeri

(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

bondförstånd

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

bondläpp

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

bondpermission

(military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.

bondsk

Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.

bönfalla

(transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.

boning

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.

bonka bäver

(ambitransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk.

bonnläpp

An uncultured person; a vulgarian.

bonsai

(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.

bonsaiträd

(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.

bönstjälk

The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.

bönsyrsa

Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.

bonus

Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

bonusbror

The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

bonusdotter

The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

bonuspappa

(informal) A stepfather.

bonusson

The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

bonussyrra

The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.

bonussyster

The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.

Boo

A community in Nacka, Stockholm, central Sweden.

bookmaker

(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.

boolesk

(logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.

boolesk variabel

(logic, computing) A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.

boom

(economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

boota

(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

boplats

(archaeology) The site of a former structure, indicated by an assemblage of features, artifacts or debris, remote-sensing data, or historic records (e.g., deed records).

bör

Ought to; expressing expectation.

böra

Ought to; expressing expectation.

börd

(uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.

borda

(transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.

bordduk

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

borde

Ought to; expressing expectation.

bordeaux

A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

bordell

A house of prostitution.

bordellmamma

(slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.

bördig

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

bordlägga

(chiefly, US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something). [from 19th c.]

bordsbön

(countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.

bordsduk

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

bordsfotboll

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK)

bordssalt

A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.

bordssilver

(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.

bordtennisracket

The use of a paddle to propel a boat; a session of paddling.

bordun

(musical instrument) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

borg

A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

borgare

A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

borgarfru

A woman who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

borgen

(US) A surety, used to obtain the release of a criminal defendant who has been required to give bail.

borgenär

(legal, UK) The person providing such payment.

borgensman

(legal) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.

borgerlig

Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

borgerskap

(Marxism) The capitalist class.

borggård

An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.

borggreve

(historical) The military governor of a town or castle in the Middle Ages, especially in German-speaking Europe; a nobleman of the same status.

borgmästare

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

borgmästarinna

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

börja

Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.

börja om

(ambitransitive) To start again.

början

The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.

Borneo

A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

bornyr

(uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.

borr

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

borra

(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

borra i sank

(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.

borrare

A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.

borrmaskin

A tool used for drilling.

borrning

act of drilling

borrspån

(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

börs

A place for conducting trading.

borsjtj

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

börsmäklare

A stockbroker.

borsta

(transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.

borste

(countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.

bort

From a place, hence.

borta

Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.