Swedish–English dictionary

Gobiöknen

A large desert in Asia, spanning the countries of Mongolia and China.

god

Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious

god dag

(rather formal in, _, US, Canada) A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.

god morgon

Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.

göda

(transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.

godartad

(medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

godbit

A delicacy (choice or pleasing food).

goder morgon

Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.

godhet

(uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

godhjärtad

kind, generous and altruistic

goding

(slang, originally, Australian) A physically or sexually attractive person.

godis

(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.

godkänd

Having received approval.

godkänna

(transitive) To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.

godkännande

An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.

godmorgon

(uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

gods

(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.]

godsägare

A person who owns land.

godsak

(countable, especially, _, UK, India) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

gödsel

A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.

gödsla

(archaic, literary) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

godståg

A train used for the transportation of goods.

godta

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

godtagbar

Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.

godtagbarhet

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

godtrogen

Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

godtycke

The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

godtycklig

Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.

godtyckligt

In an arbitrary manner.

goj

(sometimes, offensive) A non-Jew, a gentile.

goja

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

göjemånad

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

gök

Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.

gokart

A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.

göl

A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

gola

(slang, derogatory, transitive) To inform authorities (about someone); to tell on (somebody).

golare

(slang) An informer, one who betrays their group.

golf

(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.

golfare

Someone who plays golf.

golfbyxor

Men's or boys' baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.

golfpeg

(golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.

golfrunda

(sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.

golfspelare

Someone who plays golf.

Goliat

(biblical character) A giant who, according to the Bible, was vanquished in battle with King David.

Gollum

A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.

golva

To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

golvbräda

Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.

golvkruka

A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor.

golvläggare

A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.

golvplanka

Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.

gom

(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]

gömd

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

gömma

(often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.

gömma sig

(intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.

gomorron

(uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

gömsle

A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.

gömställe

A place to hide.

gon

(geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons).

gonad

(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.

gonatt

Ellipsis of good night.

gonggong

(musical instruments) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.

gonorré

A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.

googla

To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.

Google

(computing, trademark) Google Search, a search engine operated by the company of the same name; the most popular search engine and most-visited website worldwide.

googleträff

(dated) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.

googling

An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.

googol

The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale). [from 1920.]

gör-det-själv-

Do-it-yourself.

göra

(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

göra åtkomlig

(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.

göra avkall

(transitive, often, with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.

göra besviken

(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.

göra blank

To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

göra dimmig

(intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.

göra en ansiktslyftning

To perform a facelift upon.

göra en kullerbyta

To perform a somersault.

göra en resa

(intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.

göra en tabbe

(idiomatic, intransitive) To make a mistake, a bad decision or act senselessly and get into an extremely difficult situation.

göra ett utfall

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).

göra förvirrad

(transitive) To make confusing or obscure.

göra gällande

(transitive) To render valid.

göra hål

(transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).

göra hål på

(transitive) To puncture; to break through.

göra illa

(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.

göra immig

(intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.

göra matt

(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.

göra motstånd

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

göra narr av

(idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.

göra nervös

(transitive, figurative, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.

göra om

To do again.

göra ont

(intransitive, stative) To be painful.

göra reklam

(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. [from 18th c.]

göra ren

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.

göra sällskap

(transitive) To come into the company of.

göra sällskap med

(transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.

göra schackmatt

(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.

göra slag

(nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.

göra till

(transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.

göra till drottning

(chess) To promote a pawn to a queen.

göra till en korporation

(transitive) To form into a legal company.

göra tyngre

(transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.

göra upp

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

göra uppror

(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

göra utfall

(intransitive) To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position).

Göran

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

Göransson

An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.

görare

Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.

Gorbatjov

A transliteration of the Russian surname Горбачёв (Gorbačóv).

gördel

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

gorma

(transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.

gös

A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.

gosa

(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.

gosig

Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.

gosse

Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

got

A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.

Göteborg

A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.

gotiska

An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.

gottegris

(idiomatic, only in singular) A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.

Gottfrid

A en given name.

gottgöra

(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]

gottgörelse

Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

gourmé

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.

gourmé-

(of food and drink) Fine; of superior quality. [from 1820]

gourmet

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.

gourmet-

(of food and drink) Fine; of superior quality. [from 1820]

GPS

(cartography) Initialism of global positioning system (“satellite navigation system”).

grå

Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.

grå starr

(ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

grabb

(informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).

grabba

(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

grabben

(Maritime English) A person far removed from the conversation.

gråbrun

Of a brownish grey colour.

gråbrunt

A brownish grey colour.

grace

(uncountable) Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.

grad

A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.

grådaskig

Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.

gradbeteckning

A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization.

grädda

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

grädde

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

gräddersättning

A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee.

gräddfärg

A yellowish white color; the color of cream.

gräddfärga

(transitive) To turn a yellowish white color; to give something the color of cream.

gräddfärgad

Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.

gräddig

Containing cream.

gräddkanna

A jug for holding cream.

gräddkola

(uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.

gräddsnäcka

A jug for holding cream.

gräddsnipa

A jug for holding cream.

gräddvit

Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.

grader

Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to 1⁄273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.