Swedish–English dictionary

gipsplatta

A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.

gipsskiva

A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.

gir

The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.

gira

To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.

giraff

A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.

girig

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

girigbuk

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

girighet

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

girja

A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.

girlang

Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.

gissa

To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

gissel

(weaponry, chiefly, historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.

gissla

(transitive) To whip or scourge.

gisslan

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

gissning

An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.

gitarr

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

gitarrist

Someone who plays a guitar.

gitarrspelare

Someone who plays a guitar.

gitter

A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

giv

(card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.

giv akt

(military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.

giva

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

givakt

(military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.

givare

(rare) Donor, one who donates.

given

A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

givet

A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

givetvis

Surely or without any doubt.

givmild

Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. [from 17th c.]

gjord

A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

gjut

A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.

gjuta

To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]

gjuteri

A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.

gjutform

The mould used to make cast objects.

gjutså

A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.

glacera

(transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.

glaciär

(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

glad

In good spirits; happy, optimistic.

glada

A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

gladeligen

With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

gladiator

(Ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.

gladiolus

Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.

glädja

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

glädjas

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

glädje

The state of being glad; joy.

glädjedödare

Like a spoilsport.

glädjeflicka

A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.

glädjehus

A house of prostitution.

glädjerik

Feeling or causing joy.

glädjeskutt

A playful leap or jump.

glädjesprång

A playful leap or jump.

gläfs

(countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.

gläfsa

(intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.

glamorös

Having glamour; stylish.

glamour

(uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).

glans

Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.

glänsa

(intransitive) To be much better than others.

glänsande

Shining brightly.

glansig

Having a smooth, silk-like, reflective (shiny) surface.

glanslös

Having no shine or lustre; dull.

glänta

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

glåpord

A mocking remark or reflection.

glas

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.

glas cider

(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).

glasartad

(of eyes) Dull; expressionless; lifeless.

glasera

(transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

Glasgow

A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.

glasig

Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.

glasmästare

One who glazes; a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.

glasning

The part of a window or wall made of glass or another transparent material.

glasögon

(dated) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

glasögongös

(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

glasögonorm

A cobra of the species Naja naja, having on its hood two circular ocelli patterns connected by a curved line.

glass

A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.

glasyr

(cooking) A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.

glatt

(dated) Merrily.

glaukom

(pathology) An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.

gles

Having widely spaced intervals.

glesbygd

A rural landscape.

glest

In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.

glid

A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.

glida

(transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.

glidflyga

(intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.

glidflygning

The hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider.

glidmedel

A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.

glimma

(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

glimmer

(mineral) Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

glimra

To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.

glimrande

Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.

glimt

(figurative) A short moment.

glimta

(intransitive) To be visible briefly.

gliring

A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.

glitter

A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.

glittra

(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

glittrande

Reflecting light.

glob

Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

global

Concerning all parts of the world.

globalisering

The process of becoming a more interconnected world.

globulär

Spherical, ball-shaped.

glöd

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

glöda

To emit light as if heated.

glödga

(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

glödning

(physics) the emission of visible light by a hot body

glödstrompa

A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) [from 19th c.]

glödtråd

Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.

glömd

Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

glomerulär

Of, pertaining to or affecting a glomerulus.

glömma

(figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.

glömsk

Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

glömska

The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.

gloria

(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.

glorifiera

(transitive) To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).

glorifiering

The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.

glossa

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

glossar

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

glossarium

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

glossolali

Speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); speaking in tongues. [from late 19th c.]

glufsa

To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

glugg

An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.

glukos

(carbohydrate) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.

glupsk

(of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

gluten

(cooking, biochemistry) The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread. [from 19th c.]

glutta

(informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

glykol

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

gnabbas

To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.

gnaga

(transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.

gnagare

A rodent or other animal that gnaws.

gnägg

The cry of a horse.

gnälla

A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.

gnällig

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

gnällmåns

A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.

gnällpipa

(slang, derogatory) Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.

gnällspik

One who bellyaches; a complainer.

gnata

To criticize or complain about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; to cavil. [(often) with at]

gnet

The egg of a louse.

gnida

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

gnidare

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

gnidig

Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.

gnissel

The absence of harmony or concordance.

gnissla

(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

gnista

A little spark; a scintillation.

gnistra

(by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle

gnistrande

Shining brightly.

gno

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

gnola

(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.

gnom

(mythology, fantasy) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually smaller than dwarves and more focused on engineering than mining.

gnugga

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

gnutta

A modest, small, or trifling amount.

go

(board game) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

Goa

A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.

gobeläng

A mainly French and Flemish type of tapestry having richly coloured pictorial designs.