Swedish–English dictionary

dedikerad

Devoted; loyal; conscientious.

deducera

(transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.

deduktion

The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason

defaitism

Acceptance of defeat without struggle.

defekation

The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.

defekt

Having one or more defects.

defektiv

(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.

défense

(medicine) Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs.

defibrillator

(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.

defilera

(intransitive, archaic) To march in a single file or line; to file.

definiera

To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.

definierande

The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.

definition

The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.

definitionsmängd

(computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.

definitivt

Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

deflorera

(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

degel

(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.

degenerera

(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

degradera

(transitive) To lower in value or social position.

dehydrering

The act or process of removing water from something.

deism

(philosophy) A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.

deja vu

Loosely or humorously, anything one has done before or is being repeated.

dejt

A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.

dejta

(idiomatic, reciprocal, transitive) To start dating; to start being a couple.

dekad

A period of ten years [from 17th c.], particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. [from 19th c.]

dekadans

A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay

dekal

A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.

dekalkomani

A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.

dekan

A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).

dekanter

A vessel for decanting liquor.

dekantera

(transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.

dekanus

A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).

dekapitera

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

dekapitering

Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.

deklamera

To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.

deklaration

An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.

deklarera

(Christianity, particularly Evangelicalism) To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to prayer which takes the form of a request.

deklination

(grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

deklinera

(transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.

dekor

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

dekoration

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

dekorativ

That serves to decorate

dekoratör

Someone who upholsters furniture, especially a trained craftsman who does so as an occupation.

dekorera

(ambitransitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

dekorering

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

dekret

An edict or law.

dekretera

To command by a decree.

dekryptera

(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.

del

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

dela

(transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

dela i tu

(transitive) To cut or divide into two parts.

dela sig

(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.

dela upp

To divide something into parts, sections or shares.

dela ut

To issue, distribute, or give out.

delad

separated or split into pieces

delägare

Someone who owns something together with one or more other people.

delaktig

Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.

delegation

A group of delegates.

delegering

(legal) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)

delfin

A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of the infraorder Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.

delge

To tell to another.

delgivning

(legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

Delhi

A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.

delikat

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

delikatess

A delicacy (choice or pleasing food).

delikatessaffär

(informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.

Delila

The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines.

delirium

(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.

delmängd

(set theory, of a set S) A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.

delning

(intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds.

delrepublik

One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

dels

In part, or to some degree, but not completely.

delstat

A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.

delta

(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]

deltaga

(intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). [from 16th c.]

deltagande

The act of participating, of taking part in something.

deltagare

One who participates.

delvis

To a partial degree or extent, incompletely.

demagog

(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.

demagogisk

Of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.

dematerialisera

(transitive) To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.

demens

(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.

dement

Having dementia.

dementera

(transitive) To assert that something is not true.

demilitarisera

(transitive) To remove troops from (an area).

demo-

people

demobilisering

The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.

demografisk

Of or pertaining to demography.

demokrat

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States.

demokrati

(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).

demokratisera

(narrowly) To make democratic.

demokratisering

The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.

demokratisk

Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.

demokratiskt

In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.

demolering

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

demon

(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

demonisera

(transitive, figuratively) To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.

demonisk

Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.

demonstrant

(legal) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

demonstration

A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.

demonstrera

(transitive) To show how to use (something).

demontera

To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.

demoralisera

To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.

den

(countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.

den akademiska världen

Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.

den där

(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.

den här

The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).

den heliga gral

(Arthurian mythology) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.

den yngre

(countable) A younger person.

denim

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

Denise

A en given name.

denna

(demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. [from 9thc.]

dennes

(dated) Of the current month.

Dennis

A en given name.

densamme

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

densitet

(physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.

dental

(phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.

deodorant

An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.

deontologi

Synonym of ethics (“the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct”). [from c. 1826]

depå

(motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

depilera

To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

deplacement

The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.

deponens

(grammar) A deponent verb.

deponentiell

(grammar, of a verb) Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).

deponera

To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.

deponering

The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.

deportation

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

deportera

(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.

deporterad

(historical) A deported convict.

deposition

(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.

depositionsavgift

A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit

deppa

Unhappy; despondent.

deppig

Causing depression or sadness.

depravera

(transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.

depraverad

Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.

depression

(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.

deprimerad

(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.

deprimerande

Causing depression or sadness.

deras

Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).

derivat

(chemistry) A chemical derived from another.

derivera

(mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.

derivering

(mathematics, calculus) The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.

dermatolog

A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.

dervisch

A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.

desavouera

(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.

desertera

To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.

desertering

The act of deserting.

desertör

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

design

The art of designing

designa

(obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.