Swedish–English dictionary

förtjänst

(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.

förtjusande

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

förtjust

Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

fortkörning

(uncountable) Driving faster than the legal speed limit.

fortleva

(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

förtöja

(intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.

förtöjning

The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.

förtorka

(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.

fortplanta

(transitive) To beget or conceive (offsprings).

fortplanta sig

(biology, intransitive) To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.

fortplantning

The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind

fortplantningsbeteende

The study of all life or living matter.

förträfflighet

Superior excellence; supereminence.

förträffligt

Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.

förträngning

The process of becoming narrow.

förtret

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

förtro

(transitive) To trust to the care of.

förtroende

Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

förtrogen

Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.

förtrolla

To attract and delight, to charm.

förtrollad

Under the influence of enchantment.

förtrollning

Something that enchants; a magical spell.

förtrösta

(intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

förtrösta (på)

(intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

förtröstan

Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

förtröstansfull

Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. [from early 16th c.]

förtrupp

(military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.

förtryck

The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.

förtryckare

Someone who oppresses another or others.

förtryckt

(figuratively) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.

förtrytelse

An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.

förtrytsam

Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

fortsätta

(transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.

fortsätta att vara

To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

fortsättning

The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

förtur

An item's relative importance.

förtvina

(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

förtvivla

(transitive) To cause to despair.

förtvivlad

Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.

förtydliga

(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.

förtydligande

The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

förundran

(uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.

förundras

(intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.

förut

At an earlier time.

förutbestämd

Determined in advance by fate, fated.

förutbestämmelse

(theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

förutfattad

(of an opinion or notion) Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time.

förutnämnd

Previously stated; said or named before.

förutnämnda

(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.

förutom

Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, (archaic) with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".

förutsäga

(transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.

förutsägbar

Able to be predicted.

förutsägelse

A statement of what will happen in the future.

förutsago

A statement of what will happen in the future.

förutsatt

To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.

förutsatt att

(idiomatic) Provided that, if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement).

förutsätta

(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]

förutsättning

A requirement; a prerequisite.

förutse

To estimate how something will be in the future.

förutsebar

able to be foreseen or anticipated

förutspå

(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.

förvägra

(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

förvalta

(transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)

förvaltare

(higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

förvaltarskap

The rank or office of a steward.

förvaltning

(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

förvåna

To surprise greatly.

förvånad

Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.

förvandla till verb

(transitive, grammar) To adapt (a word of another part of speech) as a verb.

förvandlas

(intransitive, or, transitive) To change condition or attitude.

förvandling

A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.

förvåning

The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.

förvanska

To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

förvänta

(transitive, chiefly, US) To anticipate or strongly expect.

förväntan

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

förväntansfull

Marked by expectation.

förväntning

That which is expected or looked for.

förvar

The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.

förvara

(transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.

förvaring

(uncountable) The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.

förvärme

(transitive) to heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action

förvarna

To warn in advance.

förvärra

(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).

förvärras

(intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.

förvärv

The act or process of acquiring.

förvärva

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

förvärvsgranskning

(legal) A process during which a potential party to a contract evaluates the assets and liabilities of one or more other potential parties, to assess whether it should enter into the contract.

förväxla

(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

förveckling

The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.

förverka

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

förverkad

Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

förverkliga

(chiefly, passive voice, slightly, _, formal) To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real. [from early 17th c.]

förverkligande

The fulfillment of something worked for.

förvildad

Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.

förvillande

(figurative) Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.

förvillelse

(countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.

förvirra

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]

förvirrad

Thoroughly confused, puzzled

förvirrande

Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.

förvirring

The state of being confused; misunderstanding.

förvisa

(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]

förvissa

(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

förvränga

(transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.

förvränging

Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.

förvrida

(transitive) To twist in a violent manner.

förvriden

contorted

föryngra

To render young again.

föryngring

The process of rendering young again.

förzinkad

(British spelling) Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust.

fösare

A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.

fosfat

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

fosfor

(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.

fossil

(figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

fossiliserad

in a state of fossilisation

foster

An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

fosterland

The country of one's ancestors.

fot

(printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.

fota

(transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).

fotangel

(weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).

fotavtryck

(ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.

fotboll

A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.

fotbollsspelare

(American football, US, uncommon, dated) One who plays American football.

fotfäste

(climbing) A solid grip with the feet.

fotgängare

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.

fotled

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

foto

(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

foto-

light, electromagnetic radiation

fotogen

A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.

fotogenique

Looking good when photographed.

fotogenisk

Looking good when photographed.

fotograf

(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

fotografera

(transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).

fotografering

A session in which a photographer takes shots of an individual or group.

fotografi

(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

fotografisk

Pertaining to photographs or photography.

fotokopia

A copy made using a photocopier.

fotokopiera

(transitive) To make a copy using a photocopier.

fotomodell

(dated) A person who models clothes.

foton

(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.

fotostat

A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.

fotosyntes

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.

fotpall

A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.

fotsack

A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.

fotspår

The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.

fotsteg

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

fotsula

The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

fotvalv

(anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.

fotvård

A cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails.

fotvårdsspecialist

(medicine) A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments.

foul

(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.