Swedish–English dictionary

gripande

Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.

griptång

An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.

gris

(derogatory, slang) A police officer. [From ante 1785.]

grisa

To give birth to (a litter of piglets).

griskött

(mostly, uncountable) The meat of a pig.

gro

(gardening, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.

groblad

Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.

groda

(informal) A blunder, an error.

groddplanta

(botany) A young plant grown from seed.

grodman

A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).

grodyngel

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.

groggy

Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.

groll

(countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.

groma

(transitive, legal) To gain, or attempt to gain, the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually (if under the age of consent).

gromingsmånad

(historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.

grön

(figurative) Inexperienced.

grön av avund

(figurative, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.

grön leguan

A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.

grön starr

(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.

gröna

Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.

gröngöling

Any of species Picus viridis of European woodpeckers.

grönhet

The state or quality of being green; green colour. [from 8th c.]

grönkål

An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

Grönland

A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America.

grönsak

(countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.

grönsaker

Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.

grönsakshandlare

(chiefly, British, Commonwealth, Irish) A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.

grönska

Green foliage or verdure.

grönskande

(of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.

grönt

The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.

grop

(geography) A small valley between mountains.

gropfrätning

formations of pits by corrosion

gross

Twelve dozen = 144.

grosshandel

(business) The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.

grosshandlare

A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.

grossist

A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.

grossistverksamhet

(business) The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.

gröt

(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.

grotesk

(archaic) Grotesque, bizarre

grötig

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).

grötmundering

(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.

grötomslag

A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.

grötrock

(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.

grotta

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

Grottan

The 18th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

grottkammare

An underground chamber.

grottmänniska

An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

grottrum

An underground chamber.

groupie

(by extension, informal) Any dedicated fan of something.

grov

In a natural, untreated state.

grovtarm

(chiefly, medicine) A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

growla

(intransitive) To perform death growl vocals.

grubbla

(figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.

gruff

A noisy quarrel or fight.

grumlig

Of color, discolored by impurities.

grund

(music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.

grunda

(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

grundad

(internet slang, sometimes, humorous) Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if simultaneously unpopular or controversial.

grundämne

(chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.

grundande

The establishment of something.

grundare

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

grunder

The basic tenets of an area of knowledge, basics, fundamentals.

grundlägga

(transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.

grundläggande

Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.

grundläggning

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

grundlagsvidrig

Contrary to or violative of the constitution of a state or other sovereign institution. [18th C.]

grundlig

Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.

grundligt

In a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency.

grundlös

Groundless or unreasonable.

grundmåla

To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).

grundplåt

A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.

grundpult

(figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.

grundsats

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

grundstomme

(countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.

grundton

(music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.

grundvatten

Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.

grunge

(music genre) A subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington in the early 1990s, which melds punk and metal.

grunka

(slang, originally, US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)

grupp

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

grupparbete

The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.

gruppcentral

(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.

gruppera

(transitive) To put together to form a group.

grupptänk

A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.

grupptänkande

A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.

grupptryck

Inducement or influence by one's peers.

grus

(tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.

grusa

(transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.

gruva

An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

gruvarbetare

A person who works in a mine.

gruvdrift

The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

gry

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

grym

(colloquial, North America, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

grymhet

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

grymt

(Ireland) Very, extremely.

grymta

(intransitive) Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

grymtfisk

Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.

grymtning

The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.

gryn

(countable) A single seed of grass food crops.

grynig

Having a floury texture; grainy.

gryning

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

gryt

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

gryta

(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

grytkrok

A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.

grytlapp

An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils

grytunderlägg

A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

Guadalcanal

A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.

Guam

An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.

guan

Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.

Guangdong

Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.

Guangzhou

A major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.

Guardian

(newspapers) A British daily national newspaper.

Guatemala

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala, a Central American country.

guatemalan

A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent.

guatemalansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or the Guatemalan people.

guatemalanska

A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent.

gubbe

(Scotland, Geordie, Mackem, Teesside) A man.

Gud

A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe.

gudagåva

An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.

gudalik

Having the characteristics of a god.

gudbarn

A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.

guddotter

A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

gudfader

(Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

gudfar

(Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

gudfruktig

(religion) Following the precepts of a religious practice; respecting and revering God and his authority.

gudlös

Not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god.

gudlöshet

The state of being godless.

gudmoder

A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

gudmor

A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

gudomlig

Of or pertaining to a god.

gudsdom

(historical) A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.

gudsförgäten

(figurative, of a location) Desolate, boring and depressing.

gudson

A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

gudstjänst

A formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing Sabbatarianism.

Guenever

(Arthurian mythology) The wife of King Arthur.

guida

To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.

guide

Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

guidebok

A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

Guinea

(historical) The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.

gujarati

The Indic language spoken in the state of Gujarat, India

gujaratisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Gujarat, or the Gujarati people.

gul

(British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.

gul fläck

(anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.

gula

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.

gulag

(historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).

gulaktig

Somewhat yellow in colour.

gulasch

A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.

gulbrun

Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

guld

Made of gold.

guld-

Made of gold.

guldfärgad

Golden coloured.