Swedish–English dictionary

hålla fast

(intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

hålla koll

To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. [from 17th c.]

hålla med

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

hålla om

(transitive) To cradle (e.g. a baby) in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.

hålla på att

(rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]

hålla sig

(intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.

hålla tal

(intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.

hallabaloo

A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. [from 17th c.]

hållare

(legal) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.

hållbar

Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.

hållbarhet

The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

hälleflundra

A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

halleluja

A liturgical form of hallelujah.

hållfast

Capable of withstanding great physical force.

hallick

A pimp.

hållning

The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.

hallon

The plant Rubus idaeus.

hallonbuske

The plant Rubus idaeus.

hallonsnår

The plant Rubus idaeus.

halloween

The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.

hällpip

A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

hållplats

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

hällregn

A sudden heavy rainstorm.

hallucinera

(ambitransitive) To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.

hallucinogen

Any substance tending to induce hallucination.

halm

(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.

hålmejsel

A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.

halmkärve

(heraldiccharge) A wheatsheaf.

halmstrå

(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.

halmtäckare

A person who installs thatch as a roofing material.

halo

The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.

hals

The gullet or windpipe.

hälsa

A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.

hälsa på

To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).

halsband

(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

halsbränna

(pathology) A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.

halsbrytande

Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.

halsduk

A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.

halshugga

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

halshuggning

An instance of a person being beheaded.

Hälsingland

(euphemistic) Hell.

hålskepp

(nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.

hålslag

A tool that is used to make holes in stationery for ease of filing.

halsmandel

(anatomy) One of the two tonsils that can be seen on the left and right sides at the back of the throat.

hälsning

(countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection.

hälsningsfras

A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

hälsosam

Conducive to health.

hälsovådlig

Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.

halspulsåder

(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.

halster

An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals. [from 14th c.]

hälta

An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.

halv

In two equal parts or to an equal degree.

halv-

half

halva

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

halvera

(transitive) To cut or divide into two parts.

halvfärdig

Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.

halvgräs

Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

halvgud

(mythology) A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

halvhjärtad

Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

halvhög punkt

(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.

halvkarl

(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.

halvkombi

A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards.

halvlängdsman

(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.

halvlek

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

halvman

(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.

halvmänning

(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.

halvö

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

halvt

In two equal parts or to an equal degree.

halvvägs

Half of the way between two points

halvvinge

(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).

halvvokal

(phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

Hamas

A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.

Hamburg

The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

hamburgare

The patty used in such a sandwich.

hamburgerbo

A person from Hamburg.

hämma

(transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.

hämmande

That inhibits.

hammare

(firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

hammock

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

hamn

(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.

hamna

(copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.

hamnarbetare

A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.

hämnas

(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

hamnbassäng

(UK, nautical) The body of water next to and around a pier.

hämnd

Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.

hämndlysten

Vindictive or wanting vengeance.

hämndlystnad

The condition of being vindictive; a malevolent desire for revenge.

hämning

The act of inhibiting.

hämningslös

Not inhibited; having no inhibitions.

hämningslöshet

A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.] (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)

hamnlöpare

(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.

hamnskiftare

(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.

hampa

A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.

hamra

To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.

hämsko

(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.

hamster

In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.

hamstra

(ambitransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.

hamstring

(psychology) An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.

hämta

(transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.

hämta andan

(intransitive, now, rare) To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.

hån

Act of treating with disdain.

han-

Indicating a male, usually of an animal.

håna

(transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.

hånare

A person who mocks.

hända

To happen; to occur.

handarbete

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

handbojor

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

handbok

A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.

handboll

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

handbössa

A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.

handbroms

(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.

handduk

A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

handel

(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

händelse

Current affairs; those events and issues of interest currently found in the news.

handelsembargo

A ban on trade with another country.

händelserik

Of or pertaining to high levels of activity; having many memorable events.

händelsevis

Happening by chance, casual.

handelsman

The owner or operator of a retail business.

handelsresande

An itinerant seller of small goods.

handelsvara

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

handelsvaror

(uncountable) Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.

handen

A blow with the fist.

handfast

(rare) Strong; steadfast.

handfat

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

handflata

The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.

handfull

The amount that can be held in a closed fist.

handgemäng

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

handgriplig

Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.

handha

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

händig

Quick and neat in action; skillful.

händighet

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

handikapp

(sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.

handikappad

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

handjur

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

handklaver

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

handklovar

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

handla

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.

handlag

Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

handläggare

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

handlande

An itinerant seller of small goods.

handlare

A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

handled

(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

handleda

(transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.

handledare

One who instructs; a teacher.

handledarinna

One who instructs; a teacher.

handledning

(Ireland, United Kingdom, ) The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

handling

(countable) Something done, a deed.

handlingsfrihet

(figurative) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.

handlingsord

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

handpenning

(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.