Swedish–English dictionary

fallenhet

A natural or innate talent or aptitude.

fallera

(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.

fallfärdig

Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.

fallfrukt

A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.

fallgrop

(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.

fällning

(combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.

fallos

(psychoanalysis) The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.

fallskärm

(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.

fallskärmshoppare

Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.

fallskärmshoppning

The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.

fallskärmsjägare

A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.

fallucka

A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.

falsifikat

That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.

falsk

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

falsk-

False; not genuine; fake.

falskhet

deceit or treachery

falskspelare

(card games) A professional cheater at card games.

falskt

(logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

falt

Used to make adverbs meaning times.

fältflaska

A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.

fältpipa

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

fältsparv

A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.

fältspat

(mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust.

fälttåg

A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.

fåmannavälde

A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.

familj

Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.

familjebuss

A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

familjeförsörjare

The primary income-earner in a household.

familjemedlem

A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.

familjenamn

The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

famla

(transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something

famn

A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.

famna om

(archaic, or, obsolete) To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.

fan

(sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

fan!

(vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

fana

A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.

fåna sig

To have fun in an irresponsible manner.

fanatiker

A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.

fanatisk

Fanatical.

fanatism

The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.

fandango

(music, dance) A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina). [from mid 18th c.]

fåne

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

faner

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

fanera

(transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.

fanfar

(countable) A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

fanflykt

The act of deserting.

fång

(veterinary medicine) A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof

fånga

(transitive) To catch the attention of. [from 19th c.]

fånga dagen

Enjoy the present, make the most of today, (common mistranslation) seize the day.

fånga upp

(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.]

fångad

Caught in a trap.

fångare

Someone or something that catches.

fånge

One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.

fängelse

A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

fängelsehåla

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

fängelsekund

A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.

fångenskap

The state of being captive.

fånglina

(nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.

fängsla

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

fängslande

Having an extraordinary ability to attract: attractive, alluring, persuasive

fångst

(in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.

fångstgrop

(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.

fångvaktare

One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

fånig

(chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.

fånighet

(uncountable) That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.

Fanny

A diminutive of the en given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name.

fantasi

That which comes from one's imagination.

fantasifull

Unreal or imagined.

fantasiljon

(slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).

fantast

(informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.

fantastisk

(colloquial, North America, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

fantasy

(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

fantisera

(intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.

fantom

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

fåordig

Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

fåordigt

In few words.

far

A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

fara

(intransitive, archaic) To go, travel.

fåraherde

A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.

farao

(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty

faraonisk

Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.

farbror

A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)

färd

A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

färdas

(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

färdig

Finished; ended; concluded; completed.

färdighet

(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

färdigställa

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

färdplan

A route or proposed route of a journey.

färdriktning

A course taken.

färdväg

A route or proposed route of a journey.

farfar

(by extension) A male forefather.

färg

Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

färga

(transitive) To give something color.

färgad

Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.

färgäkta

(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. [from 17th c.]

färgämne

A pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue.

färgdjup

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

färgglad

Having prominent colors; colorful.

färggradient

A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation.

färggrann

Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.

färglägga

(transitive) To give something color.

färglös

Without color; pale; pallid.

färgnyans

A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.

färgreseda

A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.

färgrik

Possessing prominent and varied colors.

färgsätta

(transitive) To give something color.

färgskala

The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.

färgsprakande

Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color.

färgstark

Having prominent colors; colorful.

färgtistel

A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.

färgton

A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning

farhåga

An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

färja

(watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

farkost

(countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].

fårkött

The meat of sheep used as food.

farled

Waters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going.

farlig

Full of danger.

farligt

Full of danger.

farm

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

farmaceutisk

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

farmaci

(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.

farmor

(informal) Grandmother.

Fårö

A Baltic Sea island just north of the Swedish island of Gotland.

färre

a smaller number.

fars

(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.

farsa

(colloquial, affectionate) One's father.

farsartad

Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

farsi

(historical, countable) A person from Persia.

färsk

(of food) Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.

fårskalle

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

fårskinn

(uncountable) The skin of a sheep, especially an adult sheep, and especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.

farsot

A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.

farstu

A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms

farstutrapp

(architecture, chiefly, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also, Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.

farväl

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

fas

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

fasa

Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.

fasad

(psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.

fasan

(countable) A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.

fasansfull

(dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.

fascia

(anatomy) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing muscles and organs; an aponeurosis.

fascinerande

Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.

fascism

Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922]

fascist

A proponent of fascism.

fascistisk

Of or relating to fascism.

fascistoid

Of or relating to fascism.

fasett

Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.

faskinkniv

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

fason

(countable) A style or manner in which something is done.

fast

However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).