Swedish–English dictionary

döma

(transitive) To decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.

döma bort

To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.

domän

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

dömande makt

The collective body of judges, justices, etc.

Domarboken

(book of the bible) The seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.

domare

One who adjudicates.

döme

Forms nouns denoting the domain or jurisdiction of the root word.

domedag

The judgement day.

domesticerad

Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)

domesticering

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

domina

A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.

dominans

The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.

dominant

Ruling; governing; prevailing

dominatris

A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.

dominatrix

A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.

dominerande

Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.

dominikan

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

dominikaner

A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.

dominikansk

Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.

dominikanska

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

dominiker

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

dominikisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

dominiska

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

domkraft

A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]

domnad

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

domstol

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.

domvärjo

The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.

Donald

A en given name.

donation

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

donator

(rare) Donor, one who donates.

Donau

(with the) A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.

donera

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

dongel

(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.

donjuan

A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.

donna

A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.

donut

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

dop

(Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.

döpa

(Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.

dopamin

(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.

döpare

A person who baptizes.

döperska

A person who baptizes.

dopfunt

(Christianity) A large basin used for baptism in or near a church.

doping

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

dopning

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

dopp

A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.

doppa

(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

Dorkas

A woman who is said, in the Bible, to have been restored to life by Peter.

Dorotea

A en given name.

dörr

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

dörrbalk

(architectural element) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.

dörrklapp

(architectural elements) A knocker mounted on a door.

dörrklocka

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

dörrknackare

(architectural elements) A knocker mounted on a door.

dörrträ

(architectural element) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.

dörrvakt

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

dorsal

(linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

dosa

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

dosera

To issue, distribute, or give out.

döskalle

These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.

dossié

A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.

dossier

A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.

dotter

One’s female offspring.

dotterbolag

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

dotterdotter

The daughter of someone's child.

dotterson

A son of one's child.

döv

Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages.

döva

Unable (or partially able) to hear.

dövande

(pharmaceutical effect) Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. [from 16th c.]

Dover

A town, civil parish (with a town council) and major port in Kent, England, the closest point to France (OS grid ref TR3141).

dövhet

The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.

doxologi

An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service.

doyen

The senior member of some group of people.

dr

Doctor, a title used before a doctor's name or surname (Dr Jane Doe, Dr Doe)

dra

(intransitive, slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee. [from 19th c.]

dra åt

(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]

dra av

Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]

dra för

(figurative) To give (courage, strength, etc.) to oneself; to summon up; also, to produce (evil, wickedness, etc.) in oneself.

dra fördel av

(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

dra hem

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

dra i långbänk

(transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).

dra ifrån

(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.

dra ihop

(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

dra in

To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

dra lott

(intransitive) To draw lots.

dra ner

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

dra på

(transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).

dra sig till minnes

To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

dra sig undan

To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.

dra tillbaka

To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.

dra upp med rötterna

(transitive) To pull up by the roots.

dra ur

(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

dra ut kontakten

(transitive) To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.

drabba

(transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

drabbas av

(medicine) To become affected by an illness.

drag

A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

draga

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

drägel

(now, somewhat, rare) Saliva, drool.

dragen

(informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.

dragg

(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

dragga

To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.

dragkraft

(uncountable) An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.

drägla

(archaic, intransitive) To have saliva drip from the mouth.

dräglig

Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.

dragning

The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.

dragon

(by extension) Originally (historical) , a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.

dragspänning

(countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

dragspel

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

drake

(informal, sometimes, humorous) A domineering, antagonistic woman.

drakonisk

Very severe, cruel, or harsh.

dräkt

A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

dräktig

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

dräktighet

The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.

drälla

(intransitive) To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

drama

(countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.

dramatiker

A writer and creator of theatrical plays.

dramatiskt

In a dramatic manner.

dramaturgi

(theater) The art of dramatic composition for the stage.

dräng

Synonym of farmworker.

drank

A byproduct from a grain distillery, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with brewer's spent grain, sometimes differentiated from it; usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.

dränka

(transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.

dråp

(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.

dräpa

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

dräpande

The act of killing.

draperi

(countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.

dras samman

(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

drastisk

Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.

dravel

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

dravla

To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly; to drool.

dreadlocks

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

dregel

(now, somewhat, rare) Saliva, drool.

dregla

To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

dreidel

A four-sided spinning top, inscribed with the four Hebrew letters נ, ג, ה, and ש (or פ) on each side, often used to play a traditional game during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

dreja

(transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

drejning

A turntable type of machine used by a potter to form round pieces of pottery from wet clay.

Dresden

The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe. [1735]

dress

Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.

dressing

(cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.

drev

(countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.

drevgarn

Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.

dribbla

(basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.

dricka

The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.

dricka vin

(intransitive) To drink wine.

drickande

The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.

drickbar

(formal) Good for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning.

dricks

A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. [from mid-18th c.]

dricksa

To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service. [from early 18th c.]

dricksglas

A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.

drickspengar

A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. [from mid-18th c.]

drift

A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

drill

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.