Swedish–English dictionary

förkolnad

Burnt, carbonized.

förkorta

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

förkortad

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

förkortande

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

förkortning

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

förkrigs-

Of the time period prior to a war.

förkroppsligande

(countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.

förkrossad

Extremely upset and shocked.

förkrosselse

The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.

förkrympa

(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

förkunna

To announce or declare.

förkväva

(by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.

förkylning

(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

förladdning

A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.

förlag

A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.

förlaga

The original of a document or of a recording.

förlägga

(transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.

förläggare

A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.

förläggning

A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

förlama

(transitive) To afflict with paralysis.

förlamning

(pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.

förlänga

(transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.

förlängas

(intransitive) To become longer.

förlängning

(sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.

förläning

(figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.

förlåt

Sorry, as an apology.

förlåta

(proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

förlåtande

Inclined to forgive.

förlåtelse

The action of forgiving.

förlåtlig

Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

förleda

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

förlika

(transitive, legal) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

förlikning

(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.

förlisa

To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

förlisning

(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

förljugen

(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.

förlöjliga

(transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.

förlöjligande

Act of treating with disdain.

förlöpare

A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

förlopp

A series of events leading to a result or product.

förlora

(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.

förlösa

(formal, with "of") To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).

förlösande

Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.

förlossning

The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

förlossningskonst

(medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy.

förlova

(archaic) Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance.

förlovad

One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.

förlupen

Happening by chance, casual.

förlust

(linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.

form

The mould used to make cast objects.

forma

(transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.

förmåga

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

förmak

(palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

formaldehyd

(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.

formalia

(countable) A specific requirement for obtaining a legal status, conducting a transaction, etc.

formalisera

To give something a formal or official standing.

förmån

(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

förmana

To urge; to advise earnestly.

förmaning

A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in their actions; a reprimand.

förmånlig

Being of advantage, beneficial.

förmånsrätt

A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.

förmånstagare

(especially, trust law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.

format

(computing) A file type.

förmäten

Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right.

formation

Something possessing structure or form. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

formativ

Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.

formbar

Molded easily into a new form.

förmedla

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

förmedlare

An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.

förmedling

(uncountable) Intervention; interposition.

förmedlingsnod

(computing, networking, telecommunications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.

förment

Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.

formgivare

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

formgivning

The art of designing

formidabel

Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.

förmiddag

the part of the day between sunrise and noon.

förmildrande omständighet

A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.

förminska

(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]

förminskande

(obsolete) Serving to diminish.

förminskning

A lessening, decrease or reduction.

formlös

Lacking a definite form or clear shape.

förmoda

(chiefly, US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

förmodad

Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.

förmodan

(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

förmodligen

In all likelihood.

förmögen

(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.

förmögenhet

A large amount of money.

förmörka

(transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.

förmörkelse

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

formsand

(metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

formulär

A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.

formulera

(transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

formulering

A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.

förmyndare

A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.

förmyndarskap

The office, or the duty of a custodian.

forn

Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.

forna

Previous.

förnäm

Polite and well-mannered.

förnämst

Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.

förnedra

(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

förnedrande

Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.

fornegyptiska

The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

förneka

To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).

förnekelse

Refusal to believe that a problem exists.

förnickla

(transitive) To plate with nickel.

förnimbar

Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.

förnimma

(transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.

förnimmelse

Conscious understanding of something.

fornnordisk

Of or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.

fornnordiska

Synonym of Old Norse.

förnöjd

Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.

fornsaxiska

A west Germanic language historically tied to Anglo-Saxon and Old Low Franconian.

forntid

(often, constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.

forntida

Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.

förnuft

(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.

förnuftig

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.

förnumstig

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

förnya

(intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.

föröda

(transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.

förödande

Causing devastation.

förödmjuka

(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

förödmjukande

Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.

föröka

(transitive) To beget or conceive (offsprings).

föröka (sig)

To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

förökning

(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.

förolämpa

(transitive) To insult intentionally, especially openly.

förolämpande

Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

förolämpning

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

förord

An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).

förorda

To urge; to advise earnestly.

förordna

To command by a decree.

förordning

An edict or law.

förorena

(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

förorening

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]

förorsaka

(transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

förorsaka besvär

To bother; to discomfort.

förort

A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.

förorts-

Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.

förpackningsindustri

The industry that produces such material.

förpackningsmaterial

The materials used to pack something.

förplikta

(transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.

förpliktelse

The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.

förr

At an earlier time.

förra

Previous.

förråd

A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.

förråda

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

förrädare

(informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.

förräderi

A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.

förrädisk

Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.

förrädiskt förfarande

(international law, in warfare) An illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.