Swedish–English dictionary

frikänna

(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

frikännande

(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]

frikännande dom

(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]

frikativa

(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.

frikostig

Superabundant; excessive.

friktionsfri

Of or pertaining to lack of friction.

friläge

(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.

frilans

Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.

frilansa

(intransitive) To work as a freelance.

frilansande

Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract.

frilansare

Someone who freelances.

frilira

(intransitive, especially in rap music) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.

frilufts-

Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.]

frimurare

A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.

fripassagerare

A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.

frirälsa

(intransitive, especially in rap music) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.

frireligiös

Not conforming to established customs, etc.

frisbee

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.

frisersalong

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

frisk

Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.

friskhet

The state or quality of being fresh.

frisläppande

The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

frisör

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

frisörska

A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.

frispel

(informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.

frispråkig

Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

frist

Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.

fristad

A peaceful or tranquil place.

fristående

Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.

frisyr

The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.

frita

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

frita från skuld

(transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.

fritaga

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

fritänkare

One who is freethinking in religious matters.

fritid

Time when one is not working.

fritids-

Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.

fritidshus

A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

fritidssysselsättning

A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.

frivillig

Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

frivilligt

Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

frivol

Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.

frö

(figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.

frodas

(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.

frodig

(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

fröjd

(uncountable) The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.

fröjda

(intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. [from 14th c.]

fröken

(often disparaging or sarcastic) Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman.

from

Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.

fromage

A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.

fromhet

(uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.

frömjöl

A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.

frontlinje

(military) A front, or a boundary between opposing positions.

frörepa

(textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

frossa

(medicine) A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.

frossare

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

frosseri

The vice of eating to excess.

frost

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

frosta

(intransitive) To become covered with frost.

frostskydd

A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water.

Fru

An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.

frugal

Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.

frukost

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

frukt

(dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]

frukta

(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.

fruktämne

(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

fruktan

Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.

fruktansvärd

Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement. [from 1590–1600.]

fruktätare

An animal whose diet is mostly fruit.

fruktbar

(figuratively) Leading to new ideas or innovation.

fruktkaka

A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.

fruktkött

The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.

fruktlös

Fruitless, futile, useless.

fruktlöshet

(uncountable) The quality of being futile or useless.

fruktos

(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

fruktsamhet

Ability to produce offspring.

fruktsocker

(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

fruktträd

A tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis.

fruktträdgård

A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

frulle

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

frun

A polite form of address for a woman or lady.

frunch

A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.

frusen

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

frustration

The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.

frustrerad

Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.

frustrerande

Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.

frys

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

frysa ut

(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]

frysfack

The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

frysning

(countable, and, uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

frysskåp

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

fryst

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

fuffens

Deceitful tricks; trickery; games. [from mid 19th c.]

fuga

(music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.

führer

(by extension) A leader, especially one exercising the powers of a tyrant.

Führern

(historical, Nazism, definite) Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany.

fukt

Moderate humidity; moisture; moistness; the state or quality of being damp.

fukta

(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.

fuktig

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

fuktighet

Moisture; humidity; dampness.

fuktighetsgrad

The degree to which something is damp or moist.

Fukushima

The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

ful

(originally, _, AAVE, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.

fulhet

The condition of being ugly.

full

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

full av

(colloquial, usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

full med

(colloquial, usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

fullända

(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.

fulländad

Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.

fullborda

(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.

fullbordan

The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.

fullfölja

(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.

fullgod

Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.

fullkomlig

Complete, utter.

fullkomna

(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.

fullkornsvetemjöl

Whole-wheat flour.

fullmakt

The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).

fullproppad

Full or packed (with some material or substance).

fullsatt

Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.

fullspikad

Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.

fullständig

With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

fullständigande

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

fullständighet

The state or condition of being complete.

fullständigt

(intensifier, sometimes, _, childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.

fullt

(biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.

fullträff

(slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.

fult

In a dirty manner.

fumla

(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.

fumla sig

(intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.

fumlig

Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.

fundament

That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.

fundamental

Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation.

fundamentalist

One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.

fundera över

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

fundera på

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

fundering

(uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.

fundersam

Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

fungera

(intransitive) To have a function.

fungerande

Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.

funk

(uncountable, music genre) A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation.

funka

(ambitransitive) To suffice.

funkis

(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.

funkofobi

(uncountable) Discrimination against people with disabilities in favor of those without. [from late 20th c.]

funktion

What something does or is used for.

funktional

(mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; more precisely, a function whose argument varies in a space of (real or complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space.

funktionalism

(architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.

funktionalitet

(uncountable) The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform.

funktionell

Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.

funktionshindrad

(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.

funktionsnedsatt

(derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind.

funktionsnedsättning

(uncountable) The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.